Today-Aug 29
More than half of the 25,593 cases reported from January to June 2022 involved scams, the police said. Some S$227.8 million were lost to the top 10 scam types, more than double the S$142.5 million in the same period of 2021. The most prevalent types were job scams, followed by phishing, e-commerce and investment scams.
Voyeurism, housebreaking and robbery cases fell during this period, while cases of molestation rose slightly. Scams continued to drive an increase in overall crime in the first half of the year, an increase of about 60 per cent in value from the same period last year. The biggest jump in scams involved job scams, where the victims were enticed by fake offers of lucrative employment, often supposedly to be done from home. These scams soared seven-fold in the first half of this year. “Scammers have been constantly evolving their tactics, facilitated by the increase in online activities,” the police said in a statement. “Job scams, phishing scams, e-commerce scams and investment scams remain of particular concern.” The police’s mid-year crime statistics also showed that there were 9,825 reported cases of physical crimes in the first half this year, up slightly from 9,748 in the same period last year. Read more at: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/scams-job-scams-crime-higher-1979131
