More than 700 victims told to halt transfer of money to 'scam-tainted bank accounts': Police

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Potential losses of more than S$12.6 million from over 700 victims were “successfully safeguarded”, say the police.

SINGAPORE: More than 700 victims were alerted by the authorities to stop transferring money to"scam-tainted" bank accounts after a joint operation between the police and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation .

The police’s Anti-Scam Centre and OCBC carried out a joint operation from Mar 16 to Apr 15 to target scams. During the operation, officers from the ASC and the bank analysed fund flows to more than 500 bank accounts that surfaced in scam reports. “Victims would only realise that they had been deceived after they received the SMSes from the police,” said the Singapore Police Force .To increase the speed of intervention, ASC officers developed a system to automate the process of information sharing, processing and sending of SMSes to the victims.

The SPF warned people to safeguard themselves against scams by adding security features such as ScamShield and two-factor authentication for personal accounts.

 

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