SG bankers stop elderly man from losing S$150,000 to ‘girlfriend from Netherlands’ in Internet love scam

UOB service associate Jenny Hong (right) and assistant branch manager Alison Cheng stopped an account holder from losing S$150,000. — ARIFFIN JAMAR/The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: When a flustered man walked into UOB Bank’s main branch trying to bank in a cheque of more than S$150,000 (RM483,735) to an offshore account, service associate Jenny Hong got suspicious.

The first telltale sign was the name of the account holder and the account number did not match, she said.