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03 Jul 2021 01:32PM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: A total of 334 people are currently assisting with police investigations for their suspected involvement in scams where victims lost more than S$9.23 million.
The 225 men and 109 women are believed to have been involved as scammers or money mules in 872 reported cases of scams, the police said on Saturday (Jul 3).
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These scams comprise mainly of business email impersonation scams, tech support scams, Internet love scams, e-commerce scams, government officials impersonation scams, China officials impersonation scams, investment scams, job scams, fake gambling platform scams and loan scams.
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