At least 20 reports of victims being into providing their personal information and credit card details on phishing websites after they responded to emails that was apparently sent by Apple or iTunes have been received by the police.
Unauthorised transactions in various foreign currencies were made to their credit cards. These reports were made between October and November this year.
The victims recevied an email that were supposedly from Apple or iTunes which said that their accounts were on hold and they would be unable to log in.
The victims were then instructed to click on a link to verify their accounts.
They were then led to a page that looked like a genuine Apple website, where they were prompted to enter their personal information and bank account details.
The victims would then be prompted to key in a one-time password which they received on their mobile phones. Subsequently, they received an SMS that a foreign transaction had been made on their cards.
The police has advised the public to be wary when asked to provide personal information over the Internet and also to be careful of scam websites that may look genuine.
“Secure websites use ‘https:’ instead of ‘http:’ at the start of the Internet address, or display a closed padlock or unbroken key icon at the bottom right corner of your browser window,” – Singapore Police Force
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