Police, banks alert almost 10k potential scam victims

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Police, banks alert almost 10k potential scam victims
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The police’s Anti-Scam Centre (ASC) and six banks have alerted more than 9,810 bank customers to prevent the loss of over $47 million. In a statement on July 5, the police said they had partnered with DBS Bank, UOB, OCBC Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC, and GXS Bank...

The police’s Anti-Scam Centre and six banks have alerted more than 9,810 bank customers to prevent the loss of over $47 million.

During this time, ASC officers and the partnering banks sent more than 13,984 SMSes to over 9,810 potential scam victims who were customers of the banks.

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