SINGAPORE: Since January this year, at least 280 people have lost more than S$1.2 million in total to scammers pretending to be the friends of victims and asking for money over the phone, the Singapore Police Force said on Friday .
The callers would not identify themselves and instead ask questions such as “Guess who am I?” or “You can’t remember me?” in an attempt to mislead the victims. "The caller would then assume the identity of the said friend, and claim to have lost their mobile phone or changed their contact number, to ask the victims to update their number in their contact list."
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