Victim loses S$1.7mil to scammers posing as S’pore police officers

A file photo of a scam alert. The victims in Singapore had received unsolicited robocalls purportedly from the Singapore High Court. The calls were supposedly transferred to a police officer, who informed the victims that they were being investigated for money-laundering activities. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

SINGAPORE: Sixteen people were cheated by scammers who posed as officers from the Singapore Police Force (SPF) between January and July, with one losing S$1.7mil (RM5.30mil).

The police raised the alert on this variant of government official impersonation scams in a statement on Monday (Aug 2).