SINGAPORE - A purchaser of a property in Singapore unknowingly transferred some $300,000 by electronic means to a scammer pretending to be her legal solicitor last month.
After hacking into the purchaser's e-mail account and extracting her solicitor's details, the scammer impersonated the lawyer by using an extremely similar-looking e-mail. The differences included an underscore and two extra letters to the lawyer's e-mail domain name.
Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/cyber-criminals-targeting-legal-transactions-including-property-deals-law-society
Adapted from The Straits Times 24 May 2019