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Property market sees rise in spoof messages from purported agents
Published Mon, Jun 14, 2021 · 05:51 PM
THE stronger property market in Singapore may have unleashed a new trend - that of text spoofing.
There has been a rise in spoofing cases, in which scammers pose as property agents asking homeowners if they want to rent out their spaces, said analysts.
Cybersecurity provider Group-IB noted that it began seeing more of such property spoof cases since mid-March, though no numbers were available.
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