SINGAPORE — Since March 2023, at least 46 victims have lost more than S$750,000 to an online job scam variant involving the impersonation of Shopee employees, the police and Shopee Singapore said in a joint release on Monday (May 22).
Since March 2023, at least 46 victims have lost more than S$750,000 to an online job scam variant involving the impersonation of Shopee employees, the police and Shopee Singapore said in a joint release on Monday .
In recent cases, the scammers used easily obtainable information to craft personalised messages and created fake employee identification to deceive their victims, resulting in losses amounting to at least S$753,000. Victims were instructed to choose a pre-paid"task package", which involved the transfer of money to bank accounts provided by the scammers before starting"work".
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