More than $1.2m lost by 280 victims to scammers pretending to be friends

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SINGAPORE - At least 280 people have fallen prey since January to phishing scams involving scammers pretending to be friends, with total losses amounting to more than $1.

2 million, said the police on Friday .

Thinking they were acquainted, the victim would then reply with the name of a friend whom they felt sounded similar to the caller, said the police. After a few days, the caller would call the victims and ask for loans due to financial difficulties or troubles with the law and provide bank account numbers or phone numbers to transfer money to.

People are advised to beware of calls with the"+" prefix, especially if they are not expecting an international call, and of unusual requests received via phone calls or messages even if they appear to be from family or friends.

 

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