Singtel urges Singaporeans to \u2018Jaga your data<\/strong><\/em><\/span>!\u2019, Singtel recently launched a scam awareness campaign to educate Singaporeans on how to recognise scams for what they are. This campaign was launched in a bid to stem the rising tide of scams, it’s an educational campaign comprising a series of three light-hearted short films, each playing out a telco-related ruse that has snared many an unsuspecting victim, driving home the message that everyone needs to do their part and stay watchful to avoid falling prey to scams.<\/p>\n

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In recent months, there have been a rise in scam calls targeting Singaporeans. I personally received a number of such scam calls as well, my friends have also shared their stories of their scam calls experiences on social media platforms. We all must be careful with such scam calls and not allow ourselves to be victims of scam calls.<\/p>\n

Scammers are expanding their networks wider than before with Singtel customers reporting and flagging up the number of instances of telco-related scam calls in the year to date have doubled as compared to the same period last year. One of the common variant used by scammers in their scam phone calls is known as “tech support” scams, featured in one of the short films called “This is tech support calling”<\/a>, a fraudster masquerades as Singtel\u2019s technical support, convincing the victim that her IP address has been \u2018hacked\u2019. Fooled by the urgency of the scammer, the victim downloads a software that enables remote control of the desktop to solve the problem, and unwittingly hands over internet banking one-time passwords when asked. The scammers then make off with the victim\u2019s money.<\/p>\n