A woman lost more than $1 million in just two weeks after falling prey to a scammer who impersonated a police officer and used an MP’s photo as the WhatsApp profile picture.
In a Facebook post on Thursday (July 23), Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC MP Cai Yinzhou recounted how a resident approached him during a Meet-the-People Session for help after her bank account was frozen.
Cai said that since March, the woman had been sending a daily selfie of herself at home to a scammer posing as a police officer who had contacted her via WhatsApp.
The scammer allegedly claimed that there were outstanding arrest warrants against her and instructed her not to tell anyone about the matter.
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