At least 277 people lost over $30m to China officials impersonation scams since January

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SINGAPORE - At least 277 people here have lost $30.3 million to China officials impersonation scams so far this year, said the police on Wednesday .

Those targeted would receive voice-recorded phone calls allegedly from the Ministry of Health, the High Court or other government agencies, the police said.

The scammers would also get victims to meet unknown subjects to hand over or collect fake documents and instruct the victims to report their movements daily and keep the"investigations" secret. When the teenager failed to raise the sum, he agreed out of fear to cooperate with the scammers' scheme to fake his kidnapping.

The police also said they will never ask people to transfer money into another bank account for investigations.

 

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The phone companies need to do more to stop these calls that can come in daily!

Because we are not ready for a non-Chinese PM.

they china are really good at SCAM

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