At least two victims lose RM254,000 to scammers posing as officers from SG Anti-Scam Centre

Citing previous cases where victims were told to transfer money to a bank account to assist in financial investigations, the police said they would never ask for people’s personal information over the phone or social messaging platforms like WhatsApp. — Dreamstime/TNS

SINGAPORE: The police’s Anti-Scam Centre was set up to tackle scams, but fraudsters are now posing as officers from the agency, with at least two victims losing at least S$73,000 (RM254,398) to this scam variant since January.

In a statement on May 27, the police warned against a government official impersonation scam where scammers would claim to be from the Anti-Scam Centre.