After news that a bug in its software resulted in a data breach, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has today issued a warning on Facebook, alerting customers to be wary of scams and phishing sites promising free airline tickets.
In what the company called a fraudulent online survey being dispersed via WhatsApp, scammers ask users if they have ever traveled with the airline and make the specious claim that SIA is offering free tickets in celebration of its anniversary.
In truth the survey is a scam attempting to trick SIA customers into giving their personal and credit card information. “If a recipient answers the survey questions and click on ... 'Claim Tickets' or 'WhatsApp,' user will be redirected to a non-SIA website that is designed to trick the recipients into filling in their personal and credit card information. This fraudulent website is only accessible via mobile device browsers. They are shared and forwarded via WhatsApp,” SIA wrote.
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