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Don't get phished: Businesses here lost around $43 million in 2017 due to e-mail impersonation scams
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The Singapore Police Force received more than 200 reports about business e-mail impersonation scams between January and July 2018, an increase of 9.7 per cent from the same period in 2017.
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You would not allow a thief to enter your home, but what if the thief was disguised as someone familiar and tricked you into opening the door?
Phishing works in the same way - people open the doors to their data, giving up usernames, log-in information or other information to malicious e-mails, links or websites masquerading as reliable ones.
