Anti-Scam Centre officers and police intervened and arrested a 20-year-old man for his suspected involvement in a government officials impersonation scam case.
The police said on March 19 that in the first case, several transactions in the victim’s bank account totalling $2.1 million were detected by CIMB’s fraud management team on Feb 6. On Feb 7, ASC was alerted by the victim’s son that three cheques amounting to $1.2 million were issued by Hong Leong Finance under the victim’s instruction to three individuals.In the third case on March 9, ASC and CIMB were alerted that the victim was accompanied by an unknown man to a bank branch to purchase a cashier’s order of $1.2 million.
The 20-year-old man arrested had impersonated a police officer from China. PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE People should ignore such calls and be aware that no government agency will instruct payment through a telephone call or other social messaging platforms, or ask for one’s personal banking information such as internet banking passwords, the police said.
If someone receives a call from a person claiming to be an overseas law enforcement officer, he or she should hang up and check with the police in Singapore.
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