told more than 700 sufferers to stop transferring money to” scam – tainted banks statements.”
SINGAPORE: Following a joint operation between the police and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation( OCC ), the authorities issued an alert to more than 700 victims telling them to stop transferring money to” scam-tainted” bank accounts.
Overall, the police said on Sunday( Apr 16 ) that potential losses of more than S$ 126 million had been” successfully safeguarded.”
From March 16 to April 15, the police’s’s Anti-Scam Center( ASC ) and OCBC collaborated to target scams. Officials from the ASC and the lender examined portfolio moves to more than 500 bank accounts that were the subject of scam reports during the operation.
More than 1, 000 SMSes were sent to warn the victim of the persistent schemes after they discovered scam survivors who were transferring money into these” scam – tainted bank statements.”
According to the Singapore Police Force( SPF ), victims would only realize they had been duped after receiving the SMSes from the police.
According to the police, potential deficits of more than S$ 126 million from over 700 victims were” safely safeguarded.”