In a press release by SPF, the police said that they received a report On 28 January 2022, that a 21-year-old man had allegedly been kidnapped.
FOUND IN A HOTEL :
Following the report, Tanglin Police Division, CID and CAD officers were activated and conducted an extensive search operation and investigations to locate the 21-year-old man, who was eventually found to be safe and sound in a hotel on the same day at about 9.30am.
According to the police, prior to the report the family of the 21-year-old victim who were based in China, received videos of the 21-year-old man and ransom demands from an unknown person with a Fujian accent, who was believed to be in China.
The scammers sent fake documents to the victim’s mobile phone to threaten him.
China Official Impersonation Scam (COIS)
The police said that, preliminary investigations revealed that the 21-year-old victim had received an unsolicited call, purportedly from an officer from the Ministry of Health in Singapore in November 2021.
The 21-year-old man’s call was later redirected to other scammers who claimed to be police officers from China.
The scammers had purportedly claimed that the victim was involved in money laundering offences in China and sought his cooperation to assist in their investigations.
THE VICTIM WAS THREATNED TO ACT LIKE HE WAS KIDNAPPED :
The scammers had also allegedly threatened the victim. Acting on the scammer’s instructions, the victim isolated himself in a hotel room and recorded videos of himself with his hands placed behind his back in order to convince his family that he was in trouble.
The victim and his parent later transferred more than $560,000 to the bank accounts provided by the scammer on several occasions between 22 December 2021 and 24 January 2022, the police said in a press release.
NEED APPROVAL TO CONDUCT OPERATIONS IN SG
The Police said that the China Police, INTERPOL and other overseas law enforcement agencies (LEAs) have no jurisdiction to conduct operations in Singapore, arrest anyone or ask members of the public to help with any form of investigations without the approval of the Singapore Government.
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