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The National Crime Prevention Council of Singapore maintains a web portal Scam Alert that offers scam prevention campaign posters and also encourages victims to come forward to share their stories.
In the mid-2010s, kidnap scams were more proliferate in Singapore than the actual act of kidnapping itself. [1] [2] The Singapore Police Force has set up the Scam Alert web service that keeps Singaporeans informed on the latest scams such as kidnapping scams.
By the end of 2015 there had been an increase of around 40% in fraud crimes that involved prostitution and sex-related scams involving the internet. The public was advised to be wary of practices such as sugar mommies , [43] credit-for-sex scams and internet romance scams . [44]
What are 800 and 888 phone number scams? Learn about internet scams and how you can protect yourself.
The scammers may impersonate celebrities or popular cryptocurrency websites to lure victims into sending them money, sharing login information or “investing” in a project. Other times ...
Scammers are now impersonating online payment system PayPal to gain access to and steal money from bank accounts, with at least four victims having fallen prey to the scheme, the Singapore Police...
4 July 2022: 26-year-old Singaporean PR (born in China) and his wife, a Thai national, fled Singapore by hiding in a container compartment of a lorry departing for Malaysia. Both of them were wanted in connection with a luxury goods scam amounting to S$32 million in undelivered goods.
One way we do this is by protecting against phishing and scam emails though the use of AOL Official Mail. When we send you important emails, we'll mark the message with a small AOL icon beside...
If you see suspicious activity you know right away and you can either institute a fraud alert with credit bureaus or freeze your account.
Ng Yu Zhi (born c. 1987), [1] also known as Ng You Zhi, [2] [3] is a Singaporean alleged fraudster. The former director of Envy Global Trading, he was charged in March 2021 with running the largest Ponzi scheme [1] in the history of Singapore, worth about S$ 1.5 billion.