Phone Scams- A Crime Prevention Message from Police
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It all begins with a phone call. By pretentiously conducting a telephone survey, the scammers would eventually inform their victims of an invitation to attend an event. A few days later, the victims would be informed that they have won a prize as their names and mobile numbers were entered into a lucky draw on their behalf. In order to claim the prize, the victims would be told to pay administrative fees or other payments into a bank account or through a remittance house. After each payment has been paid, the victims would often be asked to make further payments, with the promise of large sums of money. The payments only end when the victims realize that they have been deceived or when they run out of money.
In other scenarios, the caller(s) may take on a hostile tone and fictitiously tell victims of them having pending cases with the Singapore Courts or with enforcement agencies. The caller(s) would eventually ask for payments in order to absolve them from their cases or to safe-keep their money. The caller(s) may even threaten to harm a family member if no payment was received.
If you receive such a call:
• Do Not pay any money in advance to collect a prize
• Do Not reveal your identity, bank account number or other personal information over the phone
• Do Not engage in prolonged conversations with the caller
• Remember the Police, Supreme Court or any government agency would never ask anyone, especially those in connection to a criminal case, to transfer money to a bank account. If any payment is to be made, an official written notice and an official receipt would be issued.
Another variation of such scams involves a 'kidnap' ruse. The caller(s) would claim that the victimÂ’s loved one had been kidnapped and demand that a ransom be transferred to a specific bank account. During the call, background noises may sometimes be heard of someone struggling and yelling for the victim for help.
If you receive such a call:
Remain calm. Be wary and do not fall prey. Try to contact your loved-one immediately on his/her mobile phone, at the workplace/school, friends who could be with him/her, etc. Should repeated attempts at contacting your loved-one fail, seek assistance from the police.
Those who receive such calls should alert the Police at the nearest Neighbourhood Police Centre. More details of such scams can be found in the SPF website at www.spf.gov.sg or www.cad.gov.sg.
The above information has been reproduced with the permission of Singapore Police Force (SPF). Any feedback should be made directly to SPF at www.spf.gov.sg/feedback.htm. If you wish to report a crime, call “999” or go to any Neighbourhood Police Centre/Post or www.spf.gov.sg/epc. Nothing hereby signifies any endorsement of sgforums.com by SPF. -
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became an annoucement
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good job in warning the public! should have done so ages ago. dunno how many millions gone to these scammers.
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lol. 1 post and premier member...
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wah...now mata invade sgf liao..better be careful of wat we post liao
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Bar...Originally posted by ctstalin:wah...now mata invade sgf liao..better be careful of wat we post liao -
woah!!!Originally posted by T E M P O:lol. 1 post and premier member...
power~
Is Jason Give Him free or he pay 1. -
sommore in new forum sia. must be some bigshot.
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Is this going to be another human controlled robot? I know some forums have them, they are real humans posting, but only for important issues like this. Their post counts usually damn low.
Looks like something is bad enough to trigger this message. -
First post - stickied
Forum - Mod by Jason.
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indeed it is. so many ppl have been scammed by this sh|t although the percentage is low but still, much money has been lost.
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So confirm + chop is a human bot.
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so how is jason involvedOriginally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:So confirm + chop is a human bot. 
he was bribed by the police? -
LOLOriginally posted by Daisuke-kun:so how is jason involved
he was bribed by the police?
No idea. Maybe he saw the SPF forum about this scam, asked for permission to reproduce the information from SPF under another nick. -
ooo.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:LOL
No idea. Maybe he saw the SPF forum about this scam, asked for permission to reproduce the information from SPF under another nick.
still wondering.
why so fast premier member
Jason Belanja me leh -
welcome our newest member, the police!
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Now i have a question, if the police are actually paying for the premier member themselves(meaning not Jason blanja them), ARE THEY USING THE TAX-MONEY WE PAY
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nabeiOriginally posted by T E M P O:Now i have a question, if the police are actually paying for the premier member themselves(meaning not Jason blanja them), ARE THEY USING THE TAX-MONEY WE PAY
using my parents tax money for demselves.
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If it's a user nick that Jason created, would that have mattered?Originally posted by T E M P O:Now i have a question, if the police are actually paying for the premier member themselves(meaning not Jason blanja them), ARE THEY USING THE TAX-MONEY WE PAY -
Cheers~
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SPF bought this thread ar
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-___________-Originally posted by T E M P O:Now i have a question, if the police are actually paying for the premier member themselves(meaning not Jason blanja them), ARE THEY USING THE TAX-MONEY WE PAY
It's just 10 bucks, which is going to save dozens of people of their hundreds and thousands who have read this thread.
If you want to make noise, please go to SC's thread on the million-dollar salaries which don't seem to justify itself from any perspective. -