The police said that phone calls and WhatsApp were the most common channels used by scammers to contact potential victims. Singapore
The police revealed on Wednesday in its annual scams and cybercrime press conference that the fake friend call scam was the fifth type of scam of concern in 2022, with victims losing at least S$8.8mil .The police said fake friend call scams typically involve a scammer calling a victim from an unknown number and pretending to be his friend or acquaintance.
Capitalising on the element of friendship, the scammer would use various reasons to ask for money from the victim, who would then transfer a sum to the crooks, believing that he was helping a friend. Warning that such scammers tend to contact victims directly through phone calls and not on social media, Chew added: “This tells us that scammers are constantly evolving their tactics to find other ways to get hold of victims. And that is why it is so important for us to get the message out there about this scam, so people can be vigilant and prepared.”
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