This document discusses cyber security and how to avoid scams. It provides examples of common scams like social media impersonation, software update scams, impersonation scams, online purchase scams, and internet love scams. It notes that scams have significantly increased in Singapore in recent years. The document then gives tips on how to prevent scams, such as using firewalls, spam call filtering, and scam prevention apps. It emphasizes being wary of unsolicited contacts pretending to be from known organizations and pressuring you to share private information or make payments.
This document discusses cyber security and how to avoid scams. It provides examples of common scams like social media impersonation, software update scams, impersonation scams, online purchase scams, and internet love scams. It notes that scams have significantly increased in Singapore in recent years. The document then gives tips on how to prevent scams, such as using firewalls, spam call filtering, and scam prevention apps. It emphasizes being wary of unsolicited contacts pretending to be from known organizations and pressuring you to share private information or make payments.
This document discusses cyber security and how to avoid scams. It provides examples of common scams like social media impersonation, software update scams, impersonation scams, online purchase scams, and internet love scams. It notes that scams have significantly increased in Singapore in recent years. The document then gives tips on how to prevent scams, such as using firewalls, spam call filtering, and scam prevention apps. It emphasizes being wary of unsolicited contacts pretending to be from known organizations and pressuring you to share private information or make payments.
name is Isaac *soon Cheng and Zhang jia introduction* And we are from Npcc and today we are going to talk about cyber security and how to avoid scams
Slide 2: so what is a scam? a scam
is designed to trick a person to give them their private information, bank details and credit card credentials by offering a attractive deal or false information like selling a latest smartphone edition at a cheap price or saying that you made a transaction which you didn't do it and some scammers will act like they are from the and banks will not ask you for your credit card credentials or nric over the phone Slide 3: cause of scamming banks lost alot of money In the process like for example OCBC lost about $13.7 million dollars due to scamming and last 2 years during the COVID-19 lockdowns there were more scamming cases combined as the ministry of health (MoH) had to call us to register for the vaccination and scammers take that as their advantage to steal more private information and data from people
Slide4: scams can happen anytime
and anywhere so we are here for you guys to learn the different scams in our daily lives
1st we have social media
impersonation or WhatsApp takeover scam that are accounts that use the name, image, or other identifying elements of a person, company, or organization for fraudulent purposes.
2nd software update scams,
Software scams typically involve criminals posing as representatives from authoritative and trusted organisations they will contact you and try to get your private information and date by gaining your trust like letting you see a fake build in website or fake reviews and certificates
3rd impersonation scams ,
Impersonation scams are practices of copying identifying elements of a person, brand or organization for fraudulent purposes.
4th online purchase scams ,
scammers will try to sell expensive or the limited edition stuff in a cheaper price they tend to use the money for fraudulent purposes And last but not least internet love scam, internet love scams occur when a criminal adopts a fake online identity to gain a victim's affection and trust. The scammer then uses the illusion of a romantic or close relationship to manipulate and/or steal from the victim.
Slide5: and how is Singapore
affected? In 2021 about 24 per cent from the year before, fuelled by a large spike in scam cases, said the police in the CNA newspaper. Of the 46,196 reported cases in 2021 more than half of the 23,931 cases involved scams, increasing from the year before when scams made up about 40 per cent of all the cases. Slide6: How do you prevent getting scammed? 1. Firewall settings should be used to prevent phishing scams and attacks users should update the program regularly,
2. Firewall protection prevent
access to malicious flies by blocking the attacks,
3.On your device, open the phone
app spam and call screen. Turn see caller spam id on or off, optional to block spam calls on your phone.
4.Turn off filter spam calls. You don't
need get missed calls or voicemails notifications. But filtered calls are in your call history. And you can check your voicemail.
5.If you have any ios devices you
can download the scam shield app and it will prevent you from getting scam messages or getting phones calls that are not recognised.
Slide 7: how do we identify them as
cams Remember the 5 ps scammers Pretend to be from an organization you know/contacting you on behalf of the government say there's a PROBLEM or a PRIZE PRESSURE you to act immediately tell you to PAY in a specific way.
Last slide: thank you for listening to
our presentation and we hope you guys have a great learning day ahead