Five types of job scams in Singapore and how to avoid them


Victims are lured by the convenience of easy tasks which can be done remotely while promising high commissions. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Five types of job scams have been observed by the Anti-Scam Centre since the second half of 2021.

Such scams have become a key concern for the police, who say victims are lured by the convenience of easy jobs which can purportedly be done remotely and the victims are promised high commissions.

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