The website would request victims’ names and Telegram accounts’ contact numbers to verify the victims’ eligibility for Government assistance.SINGAPORE – A new variant of phishing scams, involving fraudulent Budget 2024 infographics, is making its rounds online, said the police in an advisory on April 23.
The infographic – accompanied by a link – would then direct victims to verify their eligibility for government cash disbursements on the website. Victims who fill in their information and click on the verify button may receive notifications from Telegram that a new device has attempted to log in to their accounts. But it would be too late as they would have revealed their information by then.