In a statement on Monday, the police said that they had received several reports this month from victims who were allegedly cheated by a man who promised to help them secure a high-paying chauffeur job.
The victims were purportedly told to hand over cash amounting to about S$200 as part of administrative payments for the job, the police added. The victims were also allegedly directed to buy a mobile phone, sign up for phone lines with telecommunication firms and hand over the phones to the man for their subsequent use in the promised chauffeur job.“The victims would realise that they had been scammed when they were not given any jobs, monetary reimbursement or their phones back,” the police said in their statement.
The suspect was arrested after police officers from the Clementi Police Division established his identity through follow-up investigations.He will be charged on Tuesday with cheating under Section 420 of the Penal Code 1871.
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