Tiong farmers uses wechat sex scam targeting Sinkies only. Scammed $1.5m

[MeowMeowMeowZZZ]

SINGAPORE - Forty-three members of a fraud syndicate that tricked Singaporean men into paying for non-existent sexual services were arrested in China last month.

The syndicate was uncovered in a joint investigation by the Singapore Police Force and the criminal investigation department of China's Ministry of Public Security.

Victims in Singapore were cheated of about $1.6 million in 627 cases of credit-for-sex scams in the first half of 2015, police said.



Police investigations revealed that the culprits behind the scams operated from call centres based in China.

They deceived victims into paying money for non-existent sexual services through social media platforms.

China media reported that while the scammers posed as girls in Singapore, they were in fact operating from China.

First, they would flirt with the men on a messaging app such as Weixin, then they promised sexual services for a price and asked for the man's address.

They would ask to be paid in advance. Instead of a money transfer, they asked to be paid using Alipay, iTunes gift cards or other online payment modes.

The scammer then concocted a variety of reasons to ask for money without showing up. If the victim stopped paying, they resorted to threats.

One Singaporean victim had more than $10,000 extorted in this way, reported hangzhou.com.cn.

In December 2015, the Chinese police conducted simultaneous raids at various locations in China and detained 43 members of a syndicate responsible for such scams.

Several computers, telecommunication devices and modems were seized.

Mr David Chew, director of the Singapore Police Force Commercial Affairs Department, said: "We appreciate the support from our Chinese counterparts in this joint investigation. The close cooperation between the SPF and the Chinese Police was instrumental in crippling this transnational criminal syndicate."

"We spare no efforts to clamp down on criminals who hide behind the anonymity of the Internet to prey on victims across borders," he added.

The syndicate may also have targeted Chinese victims in Australia, said reports quoting Chinese police.

[ComplainKing]

If the Singaporean victims have read SBF they would not have fallen to scams.

[archer69]

Dunno how they fell in this scam. No basic common sense?

[johnn]

seem like china men in spore,provide info,
on axs machine, mrt location.

[sadfa]

Knn fucked up article.

Never say the most important thing.
Money leh? Got recover and return to the men?

And wad joint investigation??
Say until so nice.

Obviously its the China gong an find n catch the crooks n fucking torture them so they volunteer full confession. Spore do fuck off as usual, forward some telephone no, go drink coffee n come back claim credit.

[levine]

so sad that sinkies kena outsmart

[jameschong1]

sillyporeans, haolian, kam lang!
which is y when james chong talk in coffeeshops, all my friends listen up. even strangers next table also nod their head agree.
when cum to fucking girls, talk to james chong
when come to fuck those ah tiong man upside down, learn from james chong too
by the way, those beer promoters at amk s11 calling me to up them

[draven78eric]

sad to show how naive some victims are..
Learn by the hard way