SINGAPORE – At least $31,000 has been lost in scams involving the impersonation of educational institutions in less than three weeks, with at least 20 cases reported in March so far.
Victims would receive e-mails requesting urgent payment of outstanding school or tuition fees, said the police on March 19.
These e-mails might be sent from fellow students’ accounts which have been taken over by scammers, or from e-mail domains that are very similar to the official e-mail accounts of educational institutions.
The victims would be asked to transfer money to a bank account and warned that failure to do so quickly would subject them to action by the school’s litigation department.
