SINGAPORE, May 14 (The Straits Times/ANN): A complete of 306 people are being investigated for being concerned in more than 941 circumstances of scams, stated the police on Saturday (May 14).
The scams included enterprise e-mail impersonation scams, China or authorities officers impersonation scams, e-commerce scams, faux good friend name scams, web love scams, funding scams, job scams, mortgage scams and tech assist scams.
Those who fell sufferer to them lost more than $6.4 million (RM20.23 million).
The suspects – 115 males and 191 girls – are aged between 15 and 74 and are underneath investigation for their suspected involvement as scammers or cash mules.
They had been recognized after a two-week operation carried out by officers from the Commercial Affairs Department and the seven police land divisions between April 29 and May 13.
The suspects are being investigated for the alleged offences of dishonest, cash laundering or offering fee providers and not using a licence.
The offence of dishonest carries an imprisonment time period of as much as 10 years and a nice, whereas cash laundering carries an imprisonment time period not exceeding 10 years, a nice not exceeding $500,000, or each.
The offence of carrying on a enterprise to supply any sort of fee service in Singapore and not using a licence carries a nice not exceeding $125,000, an imprisonment time period not exceeding three years, or each.
The police stated they take a severe stance towards any one that could also be concerned in scams and that perpetrators can be handled in accordance with the regulation.
To keep away from being an confederate to crimes, the police suggested the general public to at all times reject requests by others to make use of their checking account or cell strains as they are going to be held accountable if these are linked to crimes.
For more data on scams, people can go to the Scam Alert web site or name the anti-scam hotline on 1800-722-6688.
Those with data associated to such scams are suggested to name the police hotline on 1800-255-0000 or submit it on-line at their web site.