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Source:
www.spf.gov.sg |
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Four Foreigners Arrested After Cheating Local
Businessman |
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Four male Africans aged between 28 and
31-years-old were arrested yesterday after they had allegedly cheated a
local businessman. |
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On 20 May 06, one of the suspects befriended
the victim, a 55-year-old local Indian and director of a property and
second-hand car company. |
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The suspect claimed that he had contacts who
were interested in exporting second-hand cars from Singapore to
Tanzania. |
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An arrangement was subsequently made for the
victim to meet two other suspects who claimed to be potential buyers of
the second-hand cars. |
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After negotiations, the victim was told that
the buyers' funds were in blackened United States currency 'notes' held
at the South African Embassy in Singapore. The victim was told to pay
the suspect a sum of USD2,100 purportedly as 'late charges' to secure
the release of the funds. |
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The victim then became suspicious and
alerted the police. Officers from the Commercial Affairs Department then
conducted an operation and arrested the four suspects yesterday
afternoon at Rowell Road . The police also recovered some paraphernalia
used by the suspects, which included a briefcase filled with blackened
'notes'. |
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The four suspects will be charged in
Court tomorrow for Abetment by Conspiracy to Cheat under Sec 109 r/w
(read with) Sec 420 of the Penal Code. Anyone found guilty of
cheating can be punished with imprisonment of up to 7 years and also
be fined. |
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Such advance fee fraud scams have been
widely publicized in the media previously but the conmen continue in
their attempts to perpetuate them, in the hope that an unsuspecting
victim would take the bait. |
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The police would like to take this
opportunity to remind the public to be wary of such scams. The
conmen may approach you or send e-mails or letters claiming that
they have a large sum of money and request for your assistance in
return for some form of benefit to you. The victims are often duped
into making up-front payments as fees or charges for the release of
the money. |
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Those who receive such proposals should
not be taken in by them. Police take a very stern view of such cases
and will not hesitate to prosecute anyone if there is evidence of
fraud. |
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The public can forward such scam e-mail
or letters to the Commercial Affairs Department at 391 New Bridge
Road, #06-701 Police Cantonment Complex Block D, Singapore 088762 or
at any police station. |
PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
14 June 2006 @ 8.00 pm |
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Source:
www.spf.gov.sg Media Release
14 Jun 2006 |
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