Singapore authorities have urged citizens of the country to be wary of unsolicited calls from phony Personal Data Protection Commission ( PDPC ) employees.
According to the authorities and PDPC, at least four cases of this kind have been reported this month, totaling at least S$ 291, 000 ( US$ 172, 000 ).
Victims of these schemes would first be contacted by uninvited calls from those claiming to be members of the PDPC.
They may be informed that their mobile phone number has been used in Malaysia for organized crime, and they would be urged to report to the PDPC department to help with investigations.  ,
The scam wouldn’t appear at the office when the victims came in. Victims may therefore call the scam, who would offer an explanation and inspire the sufferer to move funds to specific lender accounts under the pretext of assisting investigations, according to a joint media release from the police and PDPC.  ,
In some cases, the contact would be routed to a second scammer who claimed to work for Malay law enforcement.  ,
This con artist had further try to deceive the victim by using their alleged” personnel ID card” from the government and urging them to confirm this ID number through a fictitious website for Malay law enforcement.