No link between phishing and Shopee transfer scam

E-commerce platform Shopee has stopped Internet bank transfers as a payment method for purchases, as it wants to improve the user experience.

The company says the move is unrelated to the case of a buyer’s account being allegedly hacked. In an email to The Thaiger, Shopee said…

“The phasing out of manual bank transfers as a payment method on Shopee is completely unrelated to this matter. To improve the user experience, we have been streamlining our payment methods by phasing out redundant options…