Another day, another scam. This time, three men between the ages of 20 and 44 have been arrested for their suspected involvement in police officer impersonation scams. Reportedly, two cases surfaced where victims took calls from strangers who claimed to be police officers investigating them for money laundering and (ironically) scam offences. These calls were subsequently transferred to unknown people who said they were police officers from a foreign country.
For the first case on Mar 22, a 31-year-old man was scammed of $35,000. He received a link to an e-service site allegedly from the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and was told to enter his Internet banking credentials online and divulge his One-Time-Password from his Internet banking dongle to the fake police officer.
The second case was reported on Mar 27 — a 47-year-old woman was told to apply for an Internet banking dongle and provided her Internet banking credentials to the impersonator. Later on, she discovered that her bank account was accessed and about $34,000 was transferred to an unknown account.
Further investigations revealed that the three suspects were also involved in at least three more similar cases, where they scammed their victims of $90,000.
The 20-year-old and 22-year-old suspects will be charged in court today and can face up to five years in jail for dishonestly receiving stolen property. Investigations against the third man are underway.
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