Woman in S’pore transfers S$290k to scammers, but manages to get back S$250k


A scammer called the victim and told her that several unauthorised transactions had been made to a credit card created in her name. — The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: A 77-year-old woman recovered S$250,000 (RM828,767) in October after she fell for a scam involving the impersonation of a public servant and transferred S$290,000 (RM961,302) from her savings.

A scammer, pretending to be a Standard Chartered Bank employee, called the victim and told her that several unauthorised transactions had been made to a credit card created in her name, the police said in a release on Nov 1.

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