169 victims lose $2.7 million to new job scam variant involving travel reviews

📆 3/31/2022 7:23 PM
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SINGAPORE - At least 169 people have lost a total of $2.

7 million to a new job scam variant which involves victims supposedly earning commission byIn an advisory on Thursday evening , the police said victims received unsolicited messages via messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram from scammers claiming to be job recruiters.

The police said the scammers impersonated legitimate travel companies such as Anywhr, Sojern, American Lloyd, IPC Group, and Oriental Travel and Tours. They were directed by the scammers to make the top-ups by transferring money to bank accounts belonging to unknown individuals. "Victims would realise that they had been scammed only when they were unable to withdraw money from their accounts."

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