The Police would like to alert members of the public to a new variant of scams. To date, Police have received more than 69 reports, where victims had received threatening Short Message Service (SMS) messages instructing them to make fund transfers to a designated bank account or risk their premises being set on fire. No monetary loss from such scams has been reported.
Members of the public are advised to take the following measures with regard to such scams:
- Remain calm and do not transfer any money as instructed by the SMS messages;
- Do not reply to the SMS. Block and report the number as spam.
If you wish to provide any information relating to such cases, please call the Police hotline at 1800-255-0000, or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness. If you require urgent Police assistance, please dial ‘999’.
You may also call the anti-scam helpline at 1800-722-6688 or go to www.scamalert.sg to seek scam-related advice. Join the ‘let’s fight scams’ campaign at www.scamalert.sg/fight by signing up as an advocate to receive up-to-date messages and share them with your family and friends. Together, we can help stop scams and prevent our loved ones from becoming the next scam victim.
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
25 June 2019 @ 5:00 PM