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Scams Scams and cybercrime continue to be a key concern in the city state. [13] From 2016 to 2023, the number of reported scam cases experienced an eight-fold increase from 5,300 to over 46,000 cases. [14][15][16][17] As a crime of concern, the Singapore Police Force has separated scams from its annual crime number statistics. [18]
List of websites blocked in Singapore This is a list of websites that are blocked in Singapore. Under the responsibility of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), these websites are mainly unlicensed gambling, pimping (known as vice related activities), copyright infringement/piracy, and for spreading falsehoods. Some websites may be blocked as suspected scam websites. [1] However ...
Ng's alleged scam reportedly ensnared some 300 victims; [16] if convicted, Ng would have had executed the largest investment fraud in the history of Singapore. [9] As a result of the fraud, his restaurant Cicada closed, and Nishikane and Sake Labo were put up for sale by liquidators. [5]
On 15 August 2023, the Singapore Police Force conducted an operation against money laundering. [1] It is the biggest money laundering case in Singapore, and among the biggest in the world, [2] involving assets worth 3 billion Singapore dollars. [3]
4 July 2022: A China-born Singaporean PR and his Thai wife, who were both wanted in connection with a luxury goods scam amounting to S$32 million in undelivered goods, fled to Singapore by hiding in a container compartment of a lorry departing for Malaysia; the two Malaysian drivers were arrested for abetting the couple to flee and illegal entry.
This is a list of Ponzi schemes, fraudulent investment operations that pay out returns to investors from money paid in by subsequent investors rather than from any actual profit earned from the operation of a business.
The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019, commonly abbreviated as POFMA and known colloquially as Fake News Law, [2] is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that enables authorities to tackle the spread of fake news or false information.
An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [1][2] If a victim makes the payment, the ...