You can’t believe everything you see.
Especially online where scammers and catfishers are aplenty, we all should take extra care of who we trust online.
Consequences can be dire for misplaced trust, even as bad as losing all of your life savings.
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Even in our little red dot where its safe on the streets, the world online is full of danger even from our sheets.
With people daring enough to pose as our police force.
Poser Policemen
This isn’t an entirely new incident but it’s been a while.
Way back in January this year, police warned of an impersonation scam in the form of a fake SPF website.
What was it for? The usual fare of tricking people into giving personal and financial information.
Unfortunately, despite the arrest of two people previously, the police mentioned on today that the site is back again.
In the calls, the scammers claimed that the victims were suspected of involvement in criminal activities such as money laundering.
The callers then direct the victim to a fake police website where they would be asked to provide personal and financial information.
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Once that’s done, poof, identity and money fly away.
Below is an example of the fake page looks like.
The image differs greatly from the actual police website.
A Facebook post made by the SPF (back in January when the site first surfaced) has also shown how the scammers ask for your bank information which is also not on the main website.
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Just to clarify, the official SPF website is www.police.gov.sg if you didn’t know before.
What To Do
In the case where you’re faced with such a situation, there’s always a way out.
Let me give you my way of doing it: Hanging up the call as soon as possible.
Don’t give these guys the time of day! The more you listen to them, the more you might actually believe their stories.
If you decide to be a little more proactive, you can call the police hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit a form online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness.
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There is also an anti-scam helpline at 1800-722-6688.
I think this kind of scam would likely be more believable to older folk, so ask your parents and other loved ones to double-check with each other.
You could be saving a lot more than just money.
And if you’ve not, you might want to follow our Instagram account, whereby we sometimes collaborate with the police to come out with anti-scam videos like this:
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