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Davina Tham
08 Feb 2023 02:12PM
(Updated: 08 Feb 2023 04:00PM)


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Young adults aged 20 to 39 were the most likely to be cheated in scams, making up 53.5 per cent of all victims. Job scams were the most common ruse they fell for.

The total number of scam and cybercrime cases rose by more than a quarter to 33,669 in 2022, compared to 26,886 the year before. Scams accounted for 94.2 per cent of these cases.

The top five scam types were phishing scams, job scams, e-commerce scams, investment scams and fake friend call scams. They made up more than 80 per cent of the top 10 scam types in Singapore.


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Can tell us what is the govt going to do to solve this?

I feel quick bank transfers need to be restricted. Since we have such transfers amounts lost through scams exploded