Scammers also presented fake customer service staff employment passes from the service companies
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Force issued an advisory concerning a new impersonation scam variant of Chinese services such as Tencent, WeChat, or UnionPay on Tuesday afternoon .
They would then “inform” the victim that they needed to cancel their subscriptions; otherwise, the fees for the services would be deducted automatically from the accounts they linked to the service platforms. The scammers would also redirect the victims to a phishing website with a live customer service chat function. The Police said that the phishing website impersonated UnionPay in some cases.
The victims would only realize they had been scammed after they made several fund transfers but never received the refunds they had been promised.Add the ScamShield App and set security features , Multifactor Authentication for banks).
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