It has come to light in recent months that many, many people in Singapore have been letting scammers use their Singpass or banking credentials to prey on victims. Huge amounts of money have been lost as a result.
Tag: Scam
Serial cheater arrested in Singapore for fake-selling Sentosa tickets and other items online
This online seller had advertised the sale of Japanese Anime trading cards and admission tickets to theme parks at Resorts World Sentosa on Facebook and Carousell. The man allegedly failed to deliver the items after payments were made.
Indian student fakes father’s death to win US scholarship; gets caught through Reddit post
Aryan Anand had submitted fake and falsified documents to secure admission into Lehigh University, a private research university in Pennsylvania for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Singapore Police recover USD 40+ million in joint ops with Interpol and Timor-Leste
The scam victim, a commodity firm based in Singapore, lodged a police report stating that it had fallen prey to a case of business e-mail compromise scam.
Two Singaporean Indians jailed for scamming US victims out of a million dollars
One of the Indian convicts, a chartered accountant, set up Singapore-incorporated companies whose accounts were used for receiving scam proceeds. The other Indian convict was paid to be listed as a ‘director’ of these companies but without any due diligence responsibilities.
3 arrested and SGD 1.28 million seized in joint anti-scam ops by Singapore Police and DBS
These developments came after weeklong operations against corporate money mules.
Singapore SM Lee Hsien Loong again targeted by deepfakes; scam videos put out false views
These latest scam videos show Lee Hsien Loong purportedly commenting on international matters.
Singapore hosts FATF plenary; PM Wong says “asset recovery a priority” in national policy
PM Wong referred to the work done on the interception of illicit funds, and the revised FATF standards to stop the movement of “around USD 2 to USD 3 trillion worth of illicit proceeds” through “the global financial system every year”.
Online scam impersonates Indian cricket icon MS Dhoni, asks for USD 7 help for ‘Thala’
If this was not ‘convincing enough’, the scammer also shares a ‘selfie’ to prove that it is Dhoni himself. The image shared is of the former Chennai Super Kings skipper in the ‘outskirts’ of a town, matching the message shared.
Singapore and Malaysia sign MoU to tackle scams across telecom channels
This MoU was signed by IMDA Chief Executive Lew Chuen Hong and MCMC Chairman Tan Sri Mohamad Salim bin Fateh Din.
