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2 foreigners arrested after scammers posing as government officials dupe woman into buying over S$412,000 in gold
Two Malaysian men, aged 22 and 38, have been arrested for their suspected involvement in separate government official impersonation scams targeting a woman. Police said on Sunday (Nov 9) they received a scam report two days earlier involving the impersonation of government officials claiming to be from the Ministry of Law (MinLaw) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The victim had received a call from an unknown person claiming to work for a bank. When informed that a credit card had been applied for under her name, she denied it. The call was then transferred to scammers posing as MinLaw and MAS ... (full story)
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