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Anyone can be a victim: Easy to fall prey to scams
Police say scams involving e-commerce, loans and the impersonation of officials have led to the overall crime rate rising, and experts say anyone can be a victim.
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Police said scams involving e-commerce, loans and crooks impersonating "China officials" are to blame for the overall crime rate rising by 3.2 per cent to 16,460 cases in the first six months of this year.
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Charmaine Ng, Zaihan Mohamed Yusof
When it comes to scams and their victims, lawyers have handled a litany of complaints that serve as cautionary tales.
There was the insurance agent who invested $450,000, hoping to double his money, and ignored alarm bells even when the investment executive told him Singapore's finance minister would personally hand him a cheque. It was a scam.
