Gone in 1.5 hours: Singaporean woman loses $16k in scam call by fake cop
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A single phone call was all it took for a woman to lose $16,000 from her savings account.The 37-year-old, Yan (transliterated), had received a call on Feb 27 from someone claiming to be an employee at HSBC Bank, she told Shin Min Daily News.The employee toldGone in 1.5 hours: Singaporean woman loses $16k in scam call by fake cop
A single phone call was all it took for a woman to lose $16,000 from her savings account.The 37-year-old, Yan (transliterated), had received a call on Feb 27 from someone claiming to be an employee at HSBC Bank, she told Shin Min Daily News.The employee told her that her account had been flagged for suspicious transactions on a new credit card, though Yan insisted that she had not applied for any new credit cards.The employee subsequently claimed that Yan's Singpass information must have been stolen and that the authorities would contact her for a follow-up investigation.Yan also told Shin Min that the supposed HSBC employee spoke fluent English with a local accent, and was even able to recall her full name and identification number, which made her more inclined to believe him.She later received another call from a man purporting to be a police officer, who told her that she was involved in a $2 million money laundering case.The man claimed the case was «highly confidential», and told Yan that she would be arrested if she released any information. Read more
