Six scam victims said the fact that the fake message appeared in the SMS thread used by OCBC was why they mistakenly thought that the link in the message was credible

At least 469 bank customers were affected by the phishing scam, totalling around S$8.5 million in losses

Some did not give scammers their one-time passwords, but their accounts were hijacked anyway

The bank has said it is rendering assistance to affected customers