SINGAPORE: Calls by police officers to members of the public will soon bear a standard prefixed number as Singapore authorities clamp down on impersonation scams, Minister of State for Home Affairs Goh Pei Ming said on Friday (Feb 27).
Messaging platform WhatsApp will also be made to implement tighter anti-scam measures to combat spoofing attempts, said Mr Goh.
“Despite the overall decrease in scam cases and losses last year, more Singaporeans fell prey to government officials impersonation scams,” he said during the debate on the Ministry of Home Affairs’ (MHA) budget for the year ahead.
Annual statistics released by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) earlier this week showed that the number of scam cases in Singapore fell 27.6 per cent last year – the first time there has been a decrease since the SPF began reporting scam statistics separately in 2023.
