Job scams has been the leading scam so far with over 3,500 cases reported and more than $58 million lost. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - A total of $227.8 million were lost to the top 10 scam types in the first six months of this year, up from the $142.5 million lost in the same period last year.
There was also a 36 per cent hike in overall crime to 25,593 cases, with a rise in outrage of modesty cases and cyber extortion crimes. The police said job scams, phishing scams, e-commerce scams and investment scams remain of particular concern, with reports of such scams making up 74.5 per cent of the top 10 scam types in the first half of this year.A common variant of the scam is tricking a victim to"help" e-commerce platform merchants improve their sales by making advance purchases. The victims are assured that their money would eventually be refunded and a commission would be paid to them.
In banking-related phishing scams, the culprits would impersonate a bank or government official and pretend to assist victims with issues concerning their bank cards or accounts.Your browser does not support iframes, but you can use the following link:There was a spike in the number of e-commerce scams reported, from 1,057 cases during the first half of last year to 2,267 this year.
The police said their Anti-Scam Centre froze more than 7,800 bank accounts and recovered close to $80 million in the first half of the year, which was about 31.4 per cent of the total amount scammed.
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