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Phishing Scams Impersonating DBS and Shopee sent via iMessage

28 August 2026

Scammers masquerade as DBS fraud investigators or e-commerce support, send you an iMessage alleging that a pending transaction must be verified and urge you to call a fake hotline. They then ask you to provide the one-time password (OTP) that the e-commerce platform supposedly sent.

Stay Alert!  

🚨 Be careful whenever platforms ask you to verify a transaction via an unfamiliar hotline.

✅ If you get such a message, check the transaction in your DBS or e-commerce app, or call the official hotline on the provider’s website.

☎️Unsure if it's a scam? Call the 24/7 ScamShield Helpline at 1799.