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).
