SINGAPORE: The police on Monday (Jul 18) warned of the re-emergence of phishing scams involving spoof emails from streaming company Netflix.
At least five victims fell for the scams this month, with losses amounting to at least S$12,500, said the police in a news release.
In these cases, victims received emails allegedly from “trusted sources such as Netflix”, said the police.
“The scammers would trick recipients into clicking on a URL link to renew their subscriptions,” said the police.
Victims who clicked on the links were redirected to phishing websites and asked to provide their credit or debit card details and one-time passwords (OTPs).
They realised they had been scammed after discovering unauthorised transactions on their cards.