SPF done it again…2 Sinki scammers are caught by Royal Thai Mata and handed back to SG to face SG World Best Anti Scammer Law. Good Job

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2 Singaporean men deported from Thailand, Cambodia to be charged with alleged scam-related offences​

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• Both men, aged 44, were arrested by the Anti-Scam Command officers upon their arrival in Singapore, said the police. PHOTOS: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
• Both men, aged 44, were arrested by the Anti-Scam Command officers upon their arrival in Singapore, said the police. PHOTOS: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
• Both men, aged 44, were arrested by the Anti-Scam Command officers upon their arrival in Singapore, said the police. PHOTOS: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
• Both men, aged 44, were arrested by the Anti-Scam Command officers upon their arrival in Singapore, said the police. PHOTOS: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
• Both men, aged 44, were arrested by the Anti-Scam Command officers upon their arrival in Singapore, said the police. PHOTOS: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE

Published Thu, Nov 13, 2025 · 08:39 AM
[SINGAPORE] Two Singaporean men believed to be involved in transnational scam operations and money mule offences have been arrested here following their deportation from Thailand and Cambodia, respectively on Nov 11.

Both men, aged 44, were arrested by the Anti-Scam Command officers upon their arrival in Singapore, said the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in a statement on Nov 13.

The first man was arrested by the Royal Thai Police (RTP) during a raid in Bangkok.

 

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He was allegedly part of a transnational scam syndicate which was believed to be operating a scam centre in Myanmar that purportedly planned government officials impersonation scams which targeted Singaporeans.

Preliminary investigations showed that the man had travelled to Myanmar and was involved in administrative functions at the scam centre before fleeing to Thailand after the scam centre was raided by Myanmar authorities.

The Immigration Bureau of the RTP assisted SPF to facilitate the deportation of the man, and he was arrested upon his arrival here on Nov 11.

 

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Additionally, he purportedly also relinquished his personal bank account in Singapore, enabling criminal syndicates to move suspicious funds using the account.

The second man was arrested by the Cambodia National Police for his alleged participation in a transnational scam syndicate which perpetrated telecommunication fraud from Krong Bavet, Cambodia.

Preliminary investigations showed that the man allegedly served as a translator for the syndicate.

 

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Meanwhile the CCP masterminds remain scott free. It’s like retrenchment exercise, let go old blood bring in new ones.

 

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Police warn of scammers using doctored ICs to open accounts with payment service providers​

Some of these documents belong to victims of scams

Scammers would use digital tools to replace the original facial image on the softcopy of an IC with another facial image. They would then submit the doctored copy to payment service providers to start accounts which are then used for illegal activities.
PHOTO: AsiaOne/Rauf Khan
PUBLISHED ONNovember 12, 2025 5:30 PMBYSEAN LER






The police have warned of a new method that scammers are deploying to fraudulently open accounts with payment service providers (PSPs) — using digitally modified copies of Singapore identity cards (IC).

Scammers would use a softcopy of a IC and use digital tools to replace the original facial image on that copy with another facial image.

They would then submit the doctored copy online to PSPs to set up payment service account. When PSPs conduct mandatory facial liveness checks, the scammers would then instruct an accomplice who resembles the doctored image to undergo the checks.


The police said some of the misused ICs belonged to victims of scams who had previously furnished softcopies to the scammers.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has since alerted all financial institutions of this new modus operandi, and the affected PSPs have tightened measures.

It is an offence to forge a document or electronic record, including by making alterations to such record, with the intent to use it for the purpose of cheating.

Those found guilty of this offence may be sentenced up to 10 years' jail and fined.

Why facial liveness detection alone is insufficient​

Facial liveness detection is used by businesses to determine whether a selfie or video belongs to a real person or if it is a spoof or generated by artificial intelligence.


However, businesses which solely rely on facial liveliness detection are only checking for "liveliness" against the submitted document which has been doctored.

But businesses which utilise facial liveliness verification, are checking the "liveliness" against a trusted source which has authenticated and stored the profile of its users.

Singpass is an example of such a trusted source.

In these victims' cases, if the PSPs had used facial liveliness verification, the checks would have failed as the accomplice's face would not have matched with Singpass' database.