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IDA warns SingPass users of phishing scam

Thursday 25 June 2015 00:33 CET | News

SingPass users have been exposed to fraudulent e-mails, which claim that their PINs have been suspended.

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore warned that some SingPass users have received an e-mail titled “SingPass account security info verification” from “SingPass Government” The e-mail stated that the recipients’ SingPass PINs had been suspended and gave a link for them to click on to confirm their e-mail address.

Phishing is a criminally fraudulent process whereby a cybercriminal attempts to get users to divulge sensitive personal information via a website or mobile application such as their user identities and passwords, and credit card details, according to the SingPass website.


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