A love scam syndicate operating from Kelantan, Malaysia, which was recently taken down by local authorities, primarily targeted Singaporean men.As no victims have filed a police report, the authorities have yet to estimate the losses suffered, reported Bernama on Thursday (April 23). State police chief Mohd Yusoff Mamat said the syndicate worked from a resort in the Tanah Merah district, which they had converted into a call centre.The centre was allegedly staffed with three supervisors and 55 operators and operated from noon to midnight.In the ruse, scammers pretended to be Indonesian women and contacted their targets, believed to be Singaporean men, through social media platforms such as Xiaohongshu and Douyin.«Their modus operandi was to send messages such as 'hi' before building relationships through WhatsApp without video calls, and eventually deceiving victims into sending money,» said Mohd Yusoff.The con ran for about a month before Malaysian police raided resort premises on Wednesday morning. Read more