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Two Malaysian men, aged 24 and 35, were arrested on Tuesday (Oct 6) for their alleged involvement in separate cases of government official impersonation scam.<\/p>\n
Police said on Wednesday (Oct 7) that the duo were arrested by officers from the Cyber Command, with the assistance of Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officers near Woodlands Checkpoint.<\/p>\n
The cases, which took place on Oct 5 and 6 respectively, had similar modus operandi.<\/p>\n
The victims were told that they were under investigation and instructed to hand over their valuables to assist with investigations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The first victim, a 71-year-old woman, was told by a person claiming to be from YouTrip that an unauthorised transaction had been made in her name to purchase an insurance policy.<\/p>\n
When she denied having made such a purchase, the caller instructed her to speak with a Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) officer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was then presented with fake documents from the ‘Supreme Court’ demanding the surrender of her assets for “investigation purposes”.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the second victim was told by an unknown person that his identity was used to purchase a M1 SIM card.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When he denied having done so, the call was transferred to a “police officer” for investigation.<\/p>\n
The victim was then told to hand over cash for “investigation purposes”.<\/p>\n
They ended up handing over valuables worth about $16,000, and cash of $39,000 respectively.<\/p>\n
Preliminary investigations revealed that both men had been tasked by unknown individuals, believed to be members of a transnational scam syndicate, to collect valuables or cash from scam victims and hand them over to other unknown individuals.<\/p>\n
The two will be charged in court on Thursday with the offence of assisting another to retain benefits from criminal conduct.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If convicted, they may be sentenced to a jail term of up to 10 years, a fine of up to $500,000, or both.<\/p>\n
Members of the public are reminded that government officials will never ask anyone to transfer money over the phone or request for banking login details.<\/p>\n
Those who require assistance may call the 24\/7 ScamShield helpline at 1799.<\/p>\n
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