SINGAPORE: More than 300 suspected scammers and money mules are being investigated following a two-week operation, said the police on Thursday (Apr 25). The 214 men and 95 women are aged between 16 and 75. The 309 people are believed to be involved in more than 1,600 scam cases, comprising mainly investment scams, internet love scams, … Read more
Survivors of cyber slavery in South Asia have spoken out about the horrific conditions they endured while allegedly being forced to operate online scams from behind barbed wire fences in prison-like buildings. Trafficked by Chinese gangs, Pakistans are forced to scam at least five Americans daily, facing beatings and starvation if they failed – a … Read more
To dissuade victims from seeking further verification, scammers would say that the accounts had been created “for them” or that the accounts were meant to “hold the funds prior to the creation of their account”. Individuals would realise that they had been scammed after logging into their banking applications and finding no changes to the … Read more
User authentication such as verifying accounts and secure payment options like escrow, are deemed critical safeguards on e-commerce platforms. These safety features have proven to be effective in combatting scams and platforms that implement these, have seen a “significant reduction” in cases. MHA strongly urges all e-commerce marketplaces to put in place these features, to … Read more
“While scammers are innovative, there’s always a pattern we can identify,” the 38-year-old said. The nature of the hoax is then shared with the public “to minimise the impact of those scams”. Some scams, such as love scams, are more complex, DSP Sindhu added. Here, scammers adopt a fake identity and pretend to look for … Read more
SINGAPORE: Nine people are assisting with police investigations over their suspected involvement in technical support scams, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said on Friday (Mar 29). The suspects, eight men and one woman aged between 32 and 57, are believed to have facilitated such scams by “receiving monies”. They were identified following an anti-scam operation carried … Read more
Threats against politicians have become “increasingly normalized” due to extremist narratives prompted by personal grievances and fuelled by misinformation or deliberate lies, warns a newly released intelligence report. The report, prepared by a federal task force that aims to safeguard elections, says the Canadian violent extremist landscape has seen the proliferation of conspiracy theories, a … Read more
Recently, when the billionaire hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman made headlines for militating against the thought crimes of Harvard undergraduates, the coverage disinterred memories of what had previously been Ackman’s most famous moral crusade: his five-year campaign, during the twenty-tens, to short-sell Herbalife, the dietary-supplement company. Herbalife can be politely called a “multilevel-marketing” or “direct-sales” or … Read more
“International collaboration is a critical component of Singapore’s strategy to combat fraud, and we are committed to doing our part – both domestically and on the global stage,” Mrs Teo said, according to a press release from the Ministry of Home Affairs. With the help of other countries, Singapore was able to take down 19 transnational … Read more
The police subsequently established the woman’s identity through follow-up investigations and arrested her on Monday. “Preliminary investigations revealed that she is believed to be involved in other similar reports with losses amounting to more than S$24,000 (US$18,000),” the police said. The woman will be charged on Tuesday with the offence of cheating. If found guilty, … Read more
