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  2. Singapore plans law to restrict banking transactions of scam ...

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    Singapore's home ministry said on Friday that it will introduce a law in coming months to grant police the power to temporarily restrict the banking transactions of targets of scams who refuse to ...

  3. Crime in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    The Singapore Police has taken action against transnational crime syndicates on its own or in combined operations with the Royal Malaysia Police: Thirteen transnational scam syndicates with the arrest of more than seventy persons (2022). [61] Home rental scams that incurred $1.3 million losses from 480 victims (2023). [63]

  4. List of websites blocked in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of websites that are blocked in Singapore. Under the responsibility of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), these websites are mainly unlicensed gambling, pimping (known as vice related activities), copyright infringement/piracy, and for spreading falsehoods. Some websites may be blocked as suspected scam websites. [1]

  5. Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019

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    Status: In force. The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019, commonly abbreviated as POFMA and known colloquially as Fake News Law, [2] is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that enables authorities to tackle the spread of fake news or false information. The law is designed specifically to allow authorities to ...

  6. What is catfishing and what can you do if you are catfished?

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    In Singapore, romance scams are among the top 10 reported scams. The reported amount of money catfish may get from their victims increased by more than 30% from SGD$33.1 million (US $24 million ...

  7. Singapore: Regulator Warns of Online Scam Claiming Gov’t ...

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    The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has warned the public against an alleged scam claiming that a cryptocurrency is officially adopted by the government, according to an official statement ...

  8. Kidnapping Act (Singapore) - Wikipedia

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    In the mid-2010s, kidnap scams were more proliferate in Singapore than the actual act of kidnapping itself. [1] [2] The Singapore Police Force has set up the Scam Alert web service that keeps Singaporeans informed on the latest scams such as kidnapping scams.

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