Internet crimes and scams

Singapore police to launch dedicated Cyber Command in July to combat online crimes, scams

Minister of State for Home Affairs Goh Pei Ming speaking at the Anti-Scam Conference on May 11.

7 arrested, 65 under probe for alleged involvement in registering SIM cards for illicit purposes

The police said criminal syndicates exploit local SIM cards as a communication channel for scams, illegal money lending and vice.

Duo to be charged over fraudulent registration of SIM cards after raid on retailers

Preliminary investigations indicate that the 72 people were offered between $10 and $20 for each registered SIM card.

Indonesia detains over 200 foreigners over trading scam

Indonesian workers arrive at Jakarta airport from Myanmar online scam compounds on March 18. The police said many scammers have moved to South-east Asia after a Chinese crackdown on networks.

Hundreds of foreigners nabbed at scam centre in Batam

Officers from Batam Immigration Office raided an international scam centre syndicate operating out of Baloi View Apartment in Batam city, Riau Islands, on April 6.

Sri Lanka arrests more than 260 foreigners over cyberscams

Police personnel escort foreign nationals to a court in Colombo after their arrest on suspicion of running cyberscam centres.

Cambodia’s scam crackdown creates a new problem: Foreigners left jobless and stranded

Inside one of the rooms which was used as a scam centre in O’Smach town in Cambodia, bordering Thailand.

Beware of impersonation scams involving virtual meetings with ‘government officials’

S’porean man allegedly linked to Cambodia scam ring arrested; 2 more S’porean suspects wanted

Ngiam Siow Jui, 30, was among the 34 initial suspects sought by the Singapore Police Force for investigations into a Cambodia-based organised criminal group.

Over $8.4 million lost by S’pore-based firm in business e-mail scam recovered by police

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