S’pore man loses S$2.9 million after getting call from ‘local bank’

S’pore man loses S$2.9 million after getting call from ‘local bank’

Mothership - News·2024-05-02 18:00

A man in Singapore was made to believe that he was involved in criminal investigations and may be detained for months.

He was, in fact, speaking to scammers posing as local authorities.

The man was instructed by the “local authorities” to make a series of bank transactions to an account as part of “investigations” and to prove his innocence.

He wound up losing about S$2.9 million.

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