Four Indian-Americans arrested for H-1B visa scam
Four Indian-Americans have been arrested on visa fraud charges. The executives from two IT staffing companies were charged with misusing the US H-1B visa programme.
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Singapore police issues alert on WhatsApp scam
Singapore Police have alerted the people to a new variant of WhatsApp scam that involves sharing the snapshot of verification code by the members of chat group in response to a fake “scam alert.”
IMDA looking into tech solutions to block scam calls and text messages: Mr Iswaran
IMDA is reviewing tech solutions that are being used by other jurisdictions, such as verifying legitimate calling numbers.
1,020 scam cases on Carousell in 2018H1, a 136% jump from last year
There were 1,020 cases of scams on the e-marketplace app Carousell reported between January and June 2018, a 136 percent increase from last year.
Singapore Police recovers SGD27 million connected to China’s Ezubao scam
In a major breakthrough, Singapore Police have recovered more than SGD27 million linked to one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in China, in which 1.15 million investors were duped of whopping 38 billion Yuan (SGD7 billion).
Investment scams double in Singapore from 200 to 400 in past three years
Due to the emergence of unregulated online platforms, there has been a rise in the number of investment scams reported in Singapore. The investment scams almost doubled from about 200 to more than 400 cases annually from 2015 to 2017.
SPF warns Whatsapp users of ‘takeover’ scam
The Singapore Police Force has issued an advisory warning WhatsApp users to be wary of a new scam being conducted on the messaging platform.
Two Indians in Dubai get 500-year jail sentences for USD 200-mn scam
Two Indians have been sentenced to 517 years in jail by the Dubai misdemeanours court for duping thousands of investors in a USD200 million fraud case (AED735 million).
ICA issues advisory to remain alert from phone scam
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) of Singapore has warned citizens to remain alert of a phone scam in which callers impersonating ICA officers ask for people’s personal information.
Singapore Police advise people to be wary of phone scammers posing as telecom staff
Scammers in Singapore are adopting novel ways to dupe people and now they are masquerading as staff of telecommunications companies based in either China or Singapore, the Singapore Police Force said in an advisory.
