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Singapore’s Money Laundering National Risk Assessment lists digital payments, online gambling among high-risk sectors
Banking is the highest-risk channel of money laundering in Singapore, as per the assessment.
Singapore Police issue alert on scam calls from impostor ‘officers’; victims lost SGD 73,000
Victims of such a scam variant could be deceived into disclosing personal details, such as bank account details, personal credentials, SingPass password or a One-Time Password, said the police force.
SPF’s Anti-Scam Centre, banks foil 3,000 scams, prevent SGD 100 million loss in joint operation
Anti-Scam Centre and the banks used robotic process automation to help with the identification of victims of scams, which included job, e-commerce and investment scams.
Singapore: Police raid hotels, residences, arrest 14 for suspected involvement in vice-related activities
At least 14 people, including 13 women, were arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities, the Singapore Police Force said on Sunday. Those arrested are aged between 22 and 59. They were nabbed during raids in several hotels and residences in the Bras Basah Road, Havelock Road, Shanghai Road and Orchard Road areas. The […]
SPF conducts nation-wide operation, investigate 309 scammers and money mules
The suspects are believed to be involved in more than 1,600 cases of scams, comprising mainly investment scams, internet love scams, job scams, friend impersonation scams, and e-commerce scams, where victims reportedly lost over SGD 9 million.
Singapore minister Vivian Balakrishnan among several MPs to get fake image and threat letter
Since March 2024 up until now, Singapore Police have received some 70 complaints of people being harassed by such images and letters.
Singapore PM Lee to become senior minister, after nation’s baton passes to DPM Lawrence Wong on May 15
Singapore is likely to have its general elections in late 2024, and while the baton of national leadership passes on May 15 from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to Lawrence Wong, the rest of the Cabinet is not likely to see major changes.
Operation by Anti-Scam Centre and banks helps over 11,000 people avoid losses of SGD 56 million
SPF’s Anti-Scam Centre collaborated with four partnering banks and deployed technology in a joint operation to identify job, fake friend call and e-commerce scam victims.
Singapore Police arrest 2 men in impersonation and staged kidnap scams; victims lost SGD 445,000
The police described these as “China officials impersonation scams” — the scam victims were made to believe by the fraudsters that the victims were talking to officials in China.
