Scammers modifying soft copies of NRICs to set up accounts with payment service providers: Singapore Police


The Monetary Authority of Singapore has alerted all financial institutions to this new modus operandi being employed by scammers. - Photo: ST

SINGAPORE: Scammers are now making use of doctored soft copies of NRICs to set up accounts with payment service providers to use for illegal activities.

The fraudsters would get hold of a soft copy of an NRIC and replace its photograph with that of another person, said the police as they issued a warning about the new modus operandi on Wednesday (Nov 12).

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