The police found them less than three hours after their parents reported their disappearance. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Two men fell victim to scammers impersonating government officials in China who duped them into revealing personal information, their family background and caused one of them to lose about $63,000.
Less than three hours after both reports, officers from the Clementi Police Division, Central Police Division, Tanglin Police Division, Criminal Investigation Department, Police Intelligence Department and Commercial Affairs Department conducted extensive follow-up investigations and tracked down the victims
The men complied out of fear after they were shown false Chinese documents alleging they had been involved in crimes, said the police, adding that the victims maintained contact with the scammers over chat applications. Two weeks later, he was told he needed to cough up 250,000 yuan to prove his innocence. He lied to his mother again and transferred the sum to two China bank accounts to avoid delaying the investigation.Victim of China official impersonation scam forced to make videos for ransom demands
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