Combatting mobile phone scams

• Main Author: Cheong, Damien D.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Country and Region Studies; Technology and Future Issues
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/173421
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Online scammers have been manipulating victims to install malware on their mobile phones, which facilitate unauthorised access to bank and other accounts as well as data theft. Financial losses among Singapore mobile phone subscribers have been significant. Installation of antivirus software and the...