SINGAPORE \u2013 The police are investigating 550 people \u2013 including teenagers as young as 16 \u2013 for their suspected roles in more than 1,800 scam and unlicensed moneylending cases.<\/p>\n
The Bedok Police Division arrested 46 people during a 10-day operation between June 29 and July 8, the police said in a statement on July 10.<\/p>\n
A total of 341 men and 209 women, aged between 16 and 83, are being investigated.<\/p>\n
Of these, 418 people are believed to be involved in scam-related activities \u2013 including e-commerce, investment, job, rental, phishing and loan-related scams \u2013 as money mules. Victims reportedly lost more than $14.8 million.<\/p>\n
They are being investigated for cheating, assisting another to retain proceeds from criminal conduct, and the unauthorised disclosure of Singpass access code, according to the police.<\/p>\n
The remaining 132 people are being investigated for their suspected roles in unlicensed moneylending activities involving transactions amounting to more than $2.3 million.<\/p>\n
The police advised the public to reject money-making opportunities that promise fast and easy payouts, including those that require them to allow others to use their Singpass or bank accounts to receive or transfer money.<\/p>\n
The public is also advised to stay away from scammers and unlicensed moneylenders and avoid working with or assisting them in any way.<\/p>\n
E-commerce scams were the most common type of scam in 2025, with 6,703 cases reported and losses of $16.7 million.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/figure>\n For more information on scams, visit www.scamshield.gov.sg<\/span><\/a> or call the ScamShield helpline on 1799.<\/p>\n Anyone with information on such scams can call the police hotline on 1800-255-0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg\/i-witness<\/p>\n All information will be kept confidential, the police said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 The police are investigating 550 people \u2013 including teenagers as young as 16 \u2013 for their suspected roles in more than 1,800 scam…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/picture><\/div>\n
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