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‘Rich and naive’: why Singapore is engulfed in a ‘scamdemic’

City-state residents who are digitally native and naturally compliant with authority are especially vulnerable to fraud

Singaporean actor Laurence Pang had always told himself to stay alert for scams, particularly online, but when he met a young Filipina woman called Mika on a dating website, he happily engaged in conversation with her. 

Over the course of several months, Mika convinced Pang, who has appeared in popular sitcoms over a long career, to invest nearly S$40,000 (US$30,000) of cryptocurrency into an ecommerce venture.

But when he was unable to access his investment, he asked for a face-to-face call with Mika, only to discover that the person on the video bore little resemblance to the photos on Mika’s profile.

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