‘This job is very easy to earn’: Loan sharks in SG take to Telegram to recruit runners

Loan sharks are recruiting runners on Telegram, a messaging platform popular with young people, and promising to pay them handsomely for harassing debtors. — dpa

SINGAPORE: Loan sharks are recruiting runners on Telegram, a messaging platform popular with young people, and promising to pay them handsomely for harassing debtors.

The Straits Times responded to an ad that listed a Singapore phone number, which was seeking individuals looking to “earn fast money”.