What leads to the upsurge of online scams in Singapore?
Online scams are still trending in Singapore even after the fall in cyber threats. As we all know that people of Singapore saw fewer cases of online scams during the past few years, but it is not the case now. According to the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA), crime has continued to hike and has taken the fifth position in the all crimes list of Singapore. Although cyber threats such as website defacement saw a notable decrease in cases in the previous year, online scams such as cheating scams continue to rise as for now. It is costing a huge amount to the people of Singapore who fall victim to e-commerce scams. The report made by CSA showed that the e-commerce platform through which these scams took place is commonly known as Carousel which included electronic products and tickets to different places of attractions. Email impersonation scam is also running in the same race, where people lost millions of dollars this year. The websites which trick people into falling ...