The 70-year-old victim divulged his bank credentials to a scammer after being told his computer had been hacked and his bank accounts were used for illegal activities.
the Singapore Police Force n Apr 18, DBS detected suspicious transactions of about S$180,000 transferred from the man's account to a bank account in Hong Kong , SPF said in a news release on Wednesday .
Officers were activated after the ASC could not contact the man, read the news release. The officers visited his residence but he was not at home. At the same time, the ASC worked with ADCC to successfully recover the full amount from the bank account in Hong Kong, SPF added. After being told that his computer had been hacked and his bank accounts were being used for illegal activities, the victim was redirected to an “SPF cybercrime unit officer”.
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