S’pore and Malaysia police bust two job scam syndicates that cheated over 390 in S’pore of S$5mil


The Singapore police said on Tuesday that since May, they had received increased reports of scammers posting job advertisements on social media. — Marketing photo created by freepik - www.freepik.com

SINGAPORE: When promised reimbursements and commissions were not paid, the victims smelled a rat and made police reports.

On Tuesday (Oct 26), the police said they and their Malaysian counterparts have smashed two transnational job scam syndicates which allegedly cheated more than 390 people here of S$5mil (RM15.38mil).

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