Man recovers S$250k from scammers with help from police and Standard Chartered Bank


Rajendaran Rajoo, a fraud risk management manager at Standard Chartered, at work with senior investigation officer Nur Farhanah at the police's Anti-Scam Centre. - Photo SPF

SINGAPORE: A 56-year-old man who lost S$250,000 to a conman posing as a bank worker was able to recover all the money with the help of Standard Chartered Bank and the police’s Anti-Scam Centre.

The police in a statement on Friday (June 14) said the man was told by the conman in a phone call that there was a suspicious transaction on his credit card.

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