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The Police would like to warn members of the public who are looking for
work-from-home jobs during this COVID-19 Heightened Alert period and the
upcoming school holidays, to be on their guard against scams involving fake job
advertisements. Job seekers might become victims of the scam or unknowingly be
used as money mules to launder the proceeds of criminal activities.
In such scams, victims would receive unsolicited text messages, WhatsApp or
Telegram messages or would come across Facebook advertisements offering highly
paid work-from-home jobs as a Personal Assistant or to perform marketing-related
jobs. For example, the scammers would claim that the job require the victim to:
* Help merchants to improve their sales by performing tasks such as placing
items into shopping carts or liking posts on social media platforms; and/or
* Make payments to bank accounts in order to receive a commission based on the
amount transferred.
Thereafter, the scammers would require the victims to download applications from
dubious websites to facilitate payment for the tasks. The victims would be
required to make upfront payment for a series of transactions before receiving
full reimbursements with commissions. To enhance the credibility, the scammers
would reimburse the victims with commissions in the initial stages in order to
convince the victims that this was a legitimate job, and to induce them to
deposit increasingly larger sums of money to earn more commission. At this
point, the scammer would promise commissions only after a certain number of
tasks had been completed, and would delay payment. The victims would only
realise they had fallen prey to a scam when they did not receive the
reimbursement and commission.
The Police would like to advise the members of the public on the following:
1. If it is too good to be true, it probably is. Do not accept dubious job
offers that offer lucrative returns for minimal effort;
2. If you are randomly invited into a messaging application group chat that you
suspect is promoting a scam, report the group chat using the in-app function
immediately to prevent others from falling prey to scams;
3. If possible, always verify the authenticity of the job with the official
websites or sources; and
4. Do not click on suspicious URLs or download applications from unknown
sources.
If you have information related to such crimes or if you are in doubt, please
call the Police hotline at 1800-255-0000, or submit it online at
www.police.gov.sg/iwitness. Please dial ‘999’ if you require urgent Police
assistance.
For more information on scams, members of the public can visit www.scamalert.sg
or call the Anti-Scam Hotline at 1800-722-6688. Join the ‘Spot the Signs. Stop
the Crimes’ campaign at www.scamalert.sg/fight by signing up as an advocate to
receive up-to-date messages and share them with your family and friends.
Together, we can help stop scams and prevent our loved ones from becoming the
next victim.
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