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Scammers now acting as children of S'pore parents on WhatsApp to ask for course funds, at least S$18,000 lost in a month

Scammers now acting as children of S'pore parents on WhatsApp to ask for course funds, at least S$18,000 lost in a month
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At least S$18,000 has been lost to social media impersonation scams involving payments of fake youth exchange programmes via compromised WhatsApp accounts. At least eight cases have been reported since September 2026. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) released an advisory on Sep. 28 to alert membe...

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