Singapore woman gave S$250,000 to scammers despite frozen bank accounts, police advice

Sabrina, a Singaporean in her 40s, had handed over her life savings to a stranger at a park in Sembawang in May. - Photo: ST

SINGAPORE: Her bank accounts were frozen, and police had warned her that she was the victim of a scam, but a woman persisted in handing over S$250,000 to fraudsters claiming to be police officers from Shanghai.

Sabrina (not her real name) was so insistent that she made a police report in Singapore stating: “I’m not a scam victim”.