A 20-year-old involved in all three scam cases targeting the elderly man was arrested.
SINGAPORE: An 82-year-old man who was targeted by scammers three times in less than two months averted a loss of S$3.7 million following the intervention of the authorities and banks.
On Feb 6, CIMB’s fraud management team detected transactions amounting to S$2.1 million being made from the victim’s bank account. The next day, the Anti-Scam Centre was alerted by the elderly man's son that three cheques amounting to S$1.2 million were issued by Hong Leong Finance under the victim’s instruction to three individuals.
Refrain from giving out personal information and bank details and do not make any fund transfers if the caller is of dubious identity; Check for scam signs with official sources, such as the scam alert website, or call the Anti-Scam Helpline at 1800-722-6688On Mar 9, the scammers struck again. This time, police were alerted by CIMB’s branch operation team after the victim was accompanied by an unknown man at its branch to purchase a cashier’s order of S$1.2 million.
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