'Bank card! Bank card!': S'porean woman overhears scam call on MRT, intervenes & helps victim hang up
The scammer posed as the police.
On September 17, a 29-year-old Singaporean woman named Vit Olivia Ng heard what sounded like a scam call on the MRT. Noticing a woman in her late thirties who appeared distressed, she decided to intervene. In an Instagram post, Ng detailed her experience. According to the source, the woman on the call showed her passport and demanded "Bank card!
Bank card!" in a rude tone. Concerned, Ng told the woman it was a scam and helped her hang up the call. The caller was allegedly a man pretending to be a police officer with a purple background and the Singapore Police Force logo. Ng later found out that the victim was a Filipino national who had just arrived in Singapore three weeks earlier to seek employment.
Ng stated that the victim was very thankful and relieved after the incident. She explained common scams in Singapore to her and provided her contact information in case she needed help in the future. Ng emphasized the importance of spreading awareness about scams to prevent others from becoming victims.
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