Financial institutions, then telcos in Singapore accountable to scam victims if found negligent under planned framework | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams

SINGAPORE: Mobile phone networks that don’t enforce security protocols will have to reimburse victims of certain phishing scams – a ruling that already applies to financial institutions. The move will likely make Singapore the first jurisdiction to include telecommunication operators or other infrastructure service providers in a fraud reimbursement framework….

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‘This took a few hours to make’: Instagram scam offers users gift, then steals their account via linked website | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams

SINGAPORE: Some Instagram users have received messages supposedly from their followers that promise gifts that they can redeem by keying in their password in a separate login page that looks deceptively like an Instagram page. But simply tapping on these links appears to be enough for hackers to gain access…

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