He received a phone call from an unknown number from someone claiming to be his friend from his kampung days, decades ago. But the man, who is in his 60s, did not know he was talking to a scammer. When his “friend” asked to borrow money, citing financial...
He added: “It is concerning because it has been ingrained in many of us to try to be helpful to our friends when we can, but unfortunately, scammers are leveraging that.”
Said Mr Chin: “The victim may feel bad for forgetting his ‘friend’. So when the scammer calls again a couple of days later and claims to be in serious need of help, the victim may still feel guilty about forgetting his friend and be more obliged to help.”Fake friend call scam reports spike by more than 200% in Singapore; victims lose $8.8m in 2022
Scam Public Education Office deputy director Jeffery Chin said there have been more fake friend call scam cases in recent months, and this rising trend was troubling. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG According to the weekly scam bulletin posted on the Singapore Police Force’s Facebook page, fake friend call scams have been the top trending scam in the past two months.
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