Avoiding scams - need to 'ownself check ownself'
We as consumers must take steps to protect ourselves from falling for financial frauds and phishing attacks
AFTER an almost 1-minute wait for the one-time-password that never arrived, Ellen Low (not her real name) started to have a nagging suspicion that something wasn't right.
"I was looking at my phone after doing my duties at the hospital and there was a message from OCBC that informed me someone was trying to access my account from KL. The next line prompted me to click on a link if it wasn't me."
Instinctively, Low clicked on it, which brought her to what seemed like the Internet banking page, and started to key in the data requested.
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