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Mr Laurence Pang (left) appears during the Jan 17, 2025 episode of the public service programme of Filipino senator Raffy Tulfo.
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S’pore actor scammed of $35k by woman on dating website PinaLove

Digital Development and Information Minister Josephine Teo on Jan 19 issued a warning to the public about a fake social media profile impersonating her.
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Josephine Teo warns of fake Facebook profile misusing her name

Collectively, the 13 suspects are believed to be responsible for at least 66 of the cases of attempted unauthorised changes to residential addresses.
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6 more caught for allegedly changing other people’s addresses on ICA portal

(From left) ICA director of customer operations Angie Wong, deputy commissioner (policy and transformation) Cora Chen, Commissioner Marvin Sim and director of the policy and development division Chui Wai Cheng at the press conference at the ICA building on Jan 11.
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ICA suspends online change of address service after hit by scammers

The ad Mr Wu saw on TikTok.
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Man loses $3k before Christmas when he buys 99c sneakers

The 138 men and 51 women, aged between 16 and 66, are suspected to be scammers or money mules.
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189 suspects probed for link to 1,000 scam cases

A screengrab of a scam website pretending to be SupportGoWhere, asking victims for their credit card details.
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Scam website masquerades as govt support scheme portal

The hoax messages often say there is a deadline for payment and contain a link directing victims to phishing sites.
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Don't fall prey: How to spot a scam message

Thai police investigators apprehending members of the Lock Star hybrid scam gang.
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S'porean suspected of crypto scam gang link arrested in Thailand

    Using Acra's portal, people were able to access the NRIC numbers of those connected to a Singapore-registered business.
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    IC numbers linked to S'pore businesses easily obtained on Acra portal

    The seller claimed she urgently needed the money for concert tickets, prompting Madam Toh to transfer the full amount before the exchange.
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    No refund, no remorse: Seller refuses to repay woman for fake Labubu

    More than 200 people are being investigated for their suspected involvement in over 1,000 scams.
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    Police arrest 223 in connection with $6.58m scam operations

    Thai police investigators apprehending members of the Lock Star hybrid scam gang.
    Singapore

    S'porean suspected of crypto scam gang link arrested in Thailand

    Using Acra's portal, people were able to access the NRIC numbers of those connected to a Singapore-registered business.
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    IC numbers linked to S'pore businesses easily obtained on Acra portal

    The seller claimed she urgently needed the money for concert tickets, prompting Madam Toh to transfer the full amount before the exchange.
    Singapore

    No refund, no remorse: Seller refuses to repay woman for fake Labubu

    More than 200 people are being investigated for their suspected involvement in over 1,000 scams.
    Singapore

    Police arrest 223 in connection with $6.58m scam operations

    Phishing scams involving spoof e-mails from Netflix re-emerge
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    Phishing scams involving spoof e-mails from Netflix re-emerge

    Scammer would list their contact numbers on property rental listings shared on social media platforms such as Facebook.
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    At least $2.7m lost to property rental scams this year

    Officers arrested the pair and seized over 6,800 SIM cards, 15 mobile phones and two laptops.
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    Duo who sold WhatsApp accounts to scammers nabbed

    Mr Tan is now penniless.
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    Security guard, 70, scammed into paying $5,000 for teaching job in Laos

    At least 443 of such cases have been reported since Aug 28, said the police on Nov 11.
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    $9.6m lost to Tencent, WeChat, UnionPay impersonation scams

    The Bill proposes allowing the police to issue restriction orders (ROs) to banks which will then restrict the banking transactions of an individual’s accounts.
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    Singapore proposes world-first law to freeze bank accounts of scam victims