A 56-year-old man who lost $250,000 to a conman posing as a bank worker was able to recover all the money with the help of Standard Chartered Bank and the police’s Anti-Scam Centre. The police in a statement on June 14 said the man was told by the conman in a phone call...
Mr Rajendaran Rajoo, a fraud risk management manager at Standard Chartered , at work with senior investigation officer Nur Farhanah at the police's Anti-Scam Centre.A 56-year-old man who lost $250,000 to a conman posing as a bank worker was able to recover all the money with the help of Standard Chartered Bank and the police’s Anti-Scam Centre.
The call was then transferred to another person pretending to be a police officer, who claimed that the man was a victim of an identity fraud and that the money in his bank accounts had been frozen. The man also complied with the scammer’s instructions to provide the new account’s login details and password to assist with the fake investigation into the account by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
The police said government officials, especially police officers, will never make requests over the phone or through text asking individuals to do any of the following: make bank transfers; provide personal banking, Singpass or Central Provident Fund-related information; click on links that lead to bank websites; and install third-party applications or software on their digital devices.
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