Five people aged between 17 and 29 were arrested on Wednesday (July 1) for their alleged involvement in a job scam syndicate that fraudulently obtained victims’ Singpass accounts.
In a statement issued on Wednesday night, the police said they received 26 reports from victims between March and May this year.
The victims had responded to job advertisements via Carousell and were purportedly deceived into providing copies of their NRICs, changing their registered mobile numbers and e-mail addresses linked to their Singpass accounts.
This allowed the scammers to take control of the victims’ accounts.
The compromised Singpass accounts were then used to apply for accounts with financial institutions or for mobile phone services without the victims’ knowledge.
Control of the victims’ accounts was returned to them on the same day, police said.
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