Fake ICA officer tells woman her parcel of illegal Covid-19 medicine is detained at customs

A woman received a phone call from a fake Immigration & Checkpoints Authority officer, which resulted in her faking her own kidnapping video.Officers from Jurong Police Division, Criminal Investigation Department, Police Intelligence Department and Commercial Affairs Department conducted extensive follow-up investigations and tracked the 23-year-old woman on the same day in a hotel.

The scammer further told the victim that she might be deported back to her home country if she was not able to furnish the bail amount. She was deceived into transferring 150,000 yuan as “bail” to a bank account controlled by the scammer. Unbeknownst to the victim, the scammers sent threats using the victim’s self-recorded video to her parents, who made a police report, which led to the police tracking down the victim.Another two men and a woman were traced by the police between April 12 and 13 for their suspected involvement in the case. They were found to have fallen for similar ruses used by the scammer and were also alleged to have committed money-laundering offences.

In some instances, the scammers would trick the victims to isolate themselves in “safe houses” arranged by the scammers so that their family members could not reach them. Victims would be asked to take a video of themselves kidnapped, with their hands tied purportedly to assist with investigations. Unbeknownst to the victims the scammers would then send the video to their family or legal guardians and demand a ransom.

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