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This story deserves a thread of its own in the main folder.
Got this from the Singapore Crime folder, credit to the good general for the original post.
I'm just wondering how the victims got scammed. U mean they didn't bother to ask which cousin, i.e. the name, or at least call the cousin back to confirm before transferring the money?
Woman arrested for cheating
Posted: 10 January 2012 2029 hrs
SINGAPORE: Police have nabbed a 23-year-old woman, believed to be involved in at least seven cases of cheating island-wide by impersonating as the victims' cousin.
Her mode of operation involved getting the victims' contact via social networking site Facebook. After trawling through Facebook, she would SMS her targets and ask for loans ranging from S$500 to S$2,000.
As part of her ruse, she claimed that she was using a new number because she had lost or changed her old mobile number.
The unsuspecting victims would then transfer their money into the woman's POSB bank account. The victims only realised that they had been cheated after checking with their own cousins.
Acting on information from one victim, police ambushed the suspect at about 3am early Tuesday morning in the vicinity of Hougang Central.
She will be charged in court on Wednesday. If convicted, she could be fined and jailed for up to 10 years.
Police urge other victims who may have also fallen prey to this cheating ruse to come forward and lodge a report.
Commander of Ang Mo Kio Police Division, Assistant Commissioner of Police Hsu Sin Yun, commended his officers' swift response and good investigative probe resulting in the arrest of the suspect.
AC Hsu would also like to advise the public to be vigilant against similar ruses, and to exercise due diligence to check and verify the identity of the individual before parting with their money. The public is also advised to restrict their personal information to reliable and known persons on social media.
-CNA/ac
Got this from the Singapore Crime folder, credit to the good general for the original post.
I'm just wondering how the victims got scammed. U mean they didn't bother to ask which cousin, i.e. the name, or at least call the cousin back to confirm before transferring the money?
Woman arrested for cheating
Posted: 10 January 2012 2029 hrs
SINGAPORE: Police have nabbed a 23-year-old woman, believed to be involved in at least seven cases of cheating island-wide by impersonating as the victims' cousin.
Her mode of operation involved getting the victims' contact via social networking site Facebook. After trawling through Facebook, she would SMS her targets and ask for loans ranging from S$500 to S$2,000.
As part of her ruse, she claimed that she was using a new number because she had lost or changed her old mobile number.
The unsuspecting victims would then transfer their money into the woman's POSB bank account. The victims only realised that they had been cheated after checking with their own cousins.
Acting on information from one victim, police ambushed the suspect at about 3am early Tuesday morning in the vicinity of Hougang Central.
She will be charged in court on Wednesday. If convicted, she could be fined and jailed for up to 10 years.
Police urge other victims who may have also fallen prey to this cheating ruse to come forward and lodge a report.
Commander of Ang Mo Kio Police Division, Assistant Commissioner of Police Hsu Sin Yun, commended his officers' swift response and good investigative probe resulting in the arrest of the suspect.
AC Hsu would also like to advise the public to be vigilant against similar ruses, and to exercise due diligence to check and verify the identity of the individual before parting with their money. The public is also advised to restrict their personal information to reliable and known persons on social media.
-CNA/ac
