469 customers in Singapore deposited 40 million yuan in the bank. What happened?

469 customers in Singapore deposited 40 million yuan in the bank. What happened? Let's discuss this problem below, hoping that these contents can help friends in need.

In 65438+February last year, 469 customers of OCBC Bank in Singapore were defrauded. They clicked on the short message that the swindler pretended to be official website, an overseas Chinese bank, and the money in the account was looted. After the incident, OCBC Bank indicated that it would make "full sincere compensation". Recently, Huang Bijuan, CEO of OCBC Bank, was interviewed by the news media and described the reasons why they decided to do so.

According to the report of 65438 Foreign Media1October 25th, recently, many customers of OCBC Bank received short messages asking them to click on the link in the information to avoid the account being locked. After clicking the link, the customer enters a webpage very similar to OCBC Bank official website. They enter their own account and login password.

As a result, in just a few minutes, the money in the account was transferred away by others. According to the survey, 469 customers were cheated in June 5438+February last year alone, losing S $8.5 million (equivalent to RMB 40 million).

A victim immediately called OCBC Bank's online customer service after being cheated. At first, the bank said it was difficult to get the money back. Now the bank has announced that it will compensate the victims.

After the incident, Huang Bijuan, CEO of OCBC Bank, was interviewed by Singapore news media and told the reason why they decided to do that. She proved that the fraud was planned through a high-precision plan. From February 8, 65438 to February 7, 65438, there were 26 middle victims, and then the total number of victims soared.

Huang Bijuan indicated that the bank immediately sent more than 100 employees home for work, and even invited retired employees to go home, so that the total number of victims was controlled within a range. She said: "Many people lost their life savings, so we decided to pay compensation. Banks should beat their customers."