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A total of 121 bank accounts have been frozen by the police as of Feb. 13, in relation to the recent OCBC phishing scam, while around S$2 million has been recovered, Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan said in Parliament on Feb. 15.
In addition, about S$2.2 million of victims’ funds have been traced to 89 overseas accounts.
The police have also found thus far that at least 107 local and 171 overseas IP addresses were linked to the unauthorised access of the victims’ internet banking accounts, with many of the phishing scam’s websites hosted by web hosting companies that are based overseas.
Police have commenced investigations into the local IP addresses
Tan was responding to several questions posed in Parliament by Members of Parliament Tan Wu Meng, Sitoh Yih Pin and Dennis Tan about an update on the ongoing investigations into the OCBC phishing scam.
He noted that the police have since commenced investigations into the local IP addresses linked to the scam, and the owners of the local money mule accounts.
The police are also working with the Interpol and foreign law enforcement agencies to investigate the beneficiaries of the funds transferred overseas, and the hosts of the scam websites, he said.
“As investigations are right now ongoing, we are not able to divulge any more information at this moment,” he added.
Scams are on the rise
The minister further highlighted that the phishing…
