SINGAPORE - A new phishing scam variant has emerged, involving the download of a fake ScamShield app that installs malware onto the victims’ mobile devices, the police warned. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - A new phishing scam variant has emerged, involving the download of a fake ScamShield app that installs malware onto the victims’ mobile devices, the police warned.
In this phishing scam variant, members of the public would contact the scammers through the messaging app Whatsapp to buy food items after seeing them advertised on social media platforms like Facebook on their Android mobile devices. The police said: “The scammer would then recommend the victim download the ScamShield App using a URL link fraudulently bearing the ScamShield logo, on the pretext of getting the victim to safeguard himself against scams and to make a report in the ScamShield App.”
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