A new type of government impersonation scam has emerged, involving the download of a remote access application that allows victims’ Internet banking account to be accessed, the police warned. In an advisory on Thursday, they said victims will first receive unsolicited...
Subsequently, victims will be instructed to log in to their Internet banking accounts using the remote access app and are told not to touch or place their mobile devices face down while the “investigations” are being conducted.
From January to June, 22,339 scam cases were reported, a 64.5 per cent increase from the 13,576 cases during the same period in 2022. Government official impersonation scams were the ninth-most common scam in the first half of 2023, with 369 reports made, up from 320 in the same period in 2022. It was also the scam with the highest average loss at about $116,000 per victim.
The public should check for scam signs with official sources and never install software from unverified sources.
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