Over S$3.9m lost in four months: Cops warn of scammers impersonating Singapore High Court, Interpol officials | Singapore

Thursday, 22 Apr 2021 09:23 AM MYT
A screengrab of a fake Interpol identity card and WhatsApp message used by scammers. — Picture by Singapore Police Force via TODAY
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SINGAPORE, April 22 — More than S$3.9 million (RM12 million) has been lost this year by victims of a new scam where swindlers pose as officials from the Singapore High Court or Interpol asking for payments to settle concocted offences, the police said yesterday.
The scammers told the victims that they were being investigated for money laundering activities and referred the victims to an Interpol officer called “Eric Wong Teng Hui”, the police said.

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