SINGAPORE: An 18-year-old boy was duped into transferring more than S$350,000 (RM1.07mil) to scammers before recording a video of himself with his hands placed behind his back to send to the scammers.
In a statement on Monday (Nov 22), the Singapore Police Force (SPF) police said the scammers, who pretended to be police officers from China, then used the video to threaten the victim’s parents, claiming he had been kidnapped.
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