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Singapore—A 24-year-old Singaporean student living in the UK was conned of S$14,000 in a bank scam, but fortunately the bank agreed to give her a complete reimbursement.
The student, whose real name is not given in the straitstimes.com (ST) report, was by herself in Britain when she got a phone call from someone who claimed to be a member of the bank’s anti-fraud team.
The scammer told the student that her primary account had been compromised and urged her to transfer all her funds into her secondary account to keep it safe.
Although the student panicked, she checked and saw the call was coming from a number that matched the emergency number on her bank card.