Victims lose $10.4m in non-bank phishing scams from Jan to Oct

Amount nearly 15 times higher than for same period last year; cases more than treble to 1,408

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A 54-year-old woman is now hoping she can recover her savings after she fell victim to a phishing scam last Saturday.

Ms Yeo, who declined to give her full name, told The Straits Times that she bought $12 worth of items on e-commerce platform Shopee.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on December 04, 2021, with the headline Victims lose $10.4m in non-bank phishing scams from Jan to Oct. Subscribe