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SINGAPORE - At least 2,000 victims fell prey to concert ticket scams between January and May, with losses amounting to at least $1 million. Most of these cases involved concert tickets to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, said the police in response to queries by The Straits Times on the concert ticket scam situation in Singapore. They included reports lodged by...
A man in China who fleeced eight woman out of more than 3 million yuan (S$561,086) found himself stuck on a window ledge located on the 23rd floor after he tried to escape from one of his victims. The man, surnamed Nie, befriended his victims on an online dating site where he posed as an entrepreneur who owned a successful...
This single father thought he had a second chance at love, but it turned out to be all a sham. The man in his thirties, who only wanted to be identified as A, told 8world he started using Facebook dating last December, where he met his 'girlfriend'. A began messaging her over WhatsApp about four months ago. "She appeared at...
Singapore News - Singaporeans must take active steps in the fight against scams, because anyone can fall prey to them and the consequences can be dire, said Minister of State for Home Affairs Sun Xueling on Wednesday. She said: “Scams present a significant challenge to all law enforcement... Read more at www.tnp.sg
Psychologists say victims are often manipulated into thinking emotively. Read more at straitstimes.com.