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In recent years, telecommunications fraud has become extremely rampant, and various scams are being staged all over the world.
Singapore is currently the hardest hit area for telecommunications fraud in Southeast Asia. Although every method is tried to prevent it, scammers can always succeed. There are even rumors on the Internet Singaporeans Many people are stupid with money! There are also some comments that Singaporeans are particularly afraid of "Chinese police", so do Singaporeans' money come from "laundering"?
The Chinese Embassy in China has issued important notices more than once, especially for local international students and their parents...
But telecommunications fraud is still rampant in Singapore!
Recently, Singapore has launched two anti-fraud games to raise the prevention awareness of young people in an entertaining and educational way.
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The anti-scam mobile game kiosk called "Scam Me If You Can" allows players to answer anti-scam related questions while playing a brick matching game, and have a chance to win a mystery prize.
gaming kiosks will be first placed at Singapore Management University and Clementi Public Library next month for a period of one month.
Another multiplayer card game "ScamBat" designed by Singapore Polytechnic School of Media, Art and Design students, simulates different types of fraud scenarios.
Players fight scams in an interactive and fun way to raise awareness. The card game will be distributed to 385 universities across the country by the end of this month.
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Previously, the Commercial Affairs Bureau and seven police stations jointly launched a two-week island-wide law enforcement operation against multiple fraud cases.
There are currently 327 people assisting the police investigation. The
operation started on the 10th of this month. The people surveyed ranged in age from 15 to 78, and 107 of them were women.
These suspects were involved in a total of more than 1,138 fraud cases, with victims losing nearly 6 million yuan in total, including bank auspicious light phishing scams, Internet love scams, e-commerce, impersonating Chinese officials, impersonating civil servants, employment, investment, lending and other scams.
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Other scams currently common in Singapore:
1. Criminal suspects create web pages that are very similar to government department websites, guiding victims to enter their personal information and online banking passwords;
2. Forged attachments The arrest warrant with the victim's photo is fake;
3. Ask the victim to submit a nude photo to prove that he does not have the physical characteristics of a "wanted person", and then use this to threaten;
4. Falsely claim to be an Interpol police officer and require the victim to follow instructions Cut off contact with his family and become a "money mule" for scammers.
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