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The Straits Times · 4d

Scam victims in Singapore lose record $1.1 billion in 2024; highest number of cases ever reported

SINGAPORE - Scam victims in Singapore lost $1.1 billion in 2024, marking a record high amount of losses suffered in a single year. The total amount lost to various ruses is 70 per cent higher than the $651.8 million scammers took in 2023, said police in releasing annual scam figures on Feb 25.

Voice of America · 4d

Singaporeans lose record $822 million to scams in 2024, police say

Cryptocurrency scams accounted for 24.3% of total money lost, while the e-commerce scams were the most numerous, with $13 million lost in 11,665 cases

eVnExpress on MSN · 2d

Singaporeans suffer record $822M in scam losses

At least SG$1.1 billion (US$822 million) was lost to scams in 2024, with cryptocurrency-related scams accounting for nearly 25% of the total, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) reported Tuesday.

S$1.1 Billion Lost To Scams In Singapore In 2024

At least S$1.1 billion (S$1=RM3.30) was lost to scams in Singapore in 2024 – an increase of 70.6 per cent compared to the previous year, according to police statistics released on Tuesday. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said the total number of scam cases also increased by 10.

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Love scam victim with special needs waited in vain at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal for ‘girlfriend’

Social workers are educating people with intellectual disabilities about scam prevention. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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'Operationally challenging' for S'pore govt to track amount of seized scam proceeds returned to victims or forfeited to State

It is tough for the government to track the proportion of seized scam proceeds that are returned to victims or forfeited to ...

Hosted on MSN1d

Nearly half of IT leaders in Singapore struggle to spot phishing scams

Nearly half of Singaporean IT decision-makers (46%) struggle to distinguish legitimate emails from phishing scams, according ...

Channel NewsAsia Singapore3d

Scam losses in Singapore surge to S$1.1b in 2024, crypto-related cases rising

Singapore saw a sharp rise in scam losses last year, with victims losing a record S$1.1 billion, the highest-ever total ...

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Jail for Singaporean woman, 79, who repeatedly gave others control of bank accounts that received over S$82,000 in scam proceeds

SINGAPORE: An elderly woman relinquished control of six bank accounts to others and illicit funds totalling more than ...

Daily Excelsior1d

Singapore considering setting fund for scammed victims

Singapore is considering various proposals on how to best compensate scam victims, parliament was told on Friday. Minister of ...

The Daily Mirror2d

Singapore declines to extradite Arjuna Mahendran implicated in bond scam

The Singaporean authorities have cited inability to extradite former Central Bank Governor Arjun Mahendran to Sri Lanka in ...

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Love scam victim with special needs waited in vain at Singapore's Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal for ‘girlfriend’

SINGAPORE: A man with an intellectual disability fell for a woman he got to know via social media and transferred her more ...

Channel NewsAsia Singapore4d

At least S$1.1 billion lost to scams in 2024; one victim had S$125 million stolen

While the number of malware-enabled scam cases dropped by 84.8 per cent to 289 cases in 2024, the total amount lost to this ...

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