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Singapore Cracks Down on Scammers with New Caning Penalties

Singapore Cracks Down on Scammers with New Caning Penalties

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 Hey listeners, Scotty here, your go-to scam slayer with a techie twist on the latest cyber chaos hitting the wires this week. Picture this: I'm scrolling my feeds on February 1st, and boom—Singapore Police Force drops a bombshell, arresting 16 men and eight women, ages 16 to 51, for money mule ops in scams like Government Officials Impersonation, Job Scams, E-Commerce rip-offs, Investment fraud, Internet Love traps, and Sexual Services cons. These 24 jokers allegedly handed over bank accounts, iBanking creds, even Singpass details, laundering over $3.1 million. Courts are charging them starting today, February 2nd, with new laws from December 30th mandating at least six cane strokes for scammers—up to 24—and mules facing up to 12. Singapore's not messing around; they're slapping banking and mobile restrictions on these enablers too.

Meanwhile, across the globe near St. Petersburg, Russian cops just dismantled a scam call hub pumping out 5,000 fraudulent calls daily, linked to 50 cases. And in India, Panchkula police busted visa fraud rackets in Chandigarh—arresting Bir Singh, Anubhavg, his wife Akang Sha, and Mandeep Singh from Ludhiana. These cons promised fake Luxembourg and New Zealand work visas, duping folks like a Himachal Pradesh guy out of 1.55 lakhs rupees with bogus job letters and tickets. Habitual offenders, even with 15 prior cases!

On the scam front, CTM360's fresh report exposes FraudWear: over 30,000 fake fashion shops impersonating 350 brands across 80 countries, using .shop and .xyz domains, hijacked ads, and legit-looking PayPal flows to snag your creds and cash—no deliveries, just pain. Canadian Privacy Lawyer blog warns of email hacks leading to payroll redirects and tech support cons where bad guys remote into your rig, drain banks in real-time. Westpac NZ highlights BEC invoice fraud, nabbing one charity $45,000, plus AI deepfakes cloning voices for multimillion hits. Even Gmail's update got exploited, per reports, and fake Instagram resets are surging phishing waves.

Canadian twists? Scammers AI-faked BMO's Brian Belski and economist David Rosenberg in WhatsApp investment traps, costing over $1 million. RCMP in Newfoundland flags email extortion pretending to be from the Commissioner, threatening arrests for fake sex crimes.

Listeners, dodge these: Slow down on urgent demands—scammers hate pauses. Verify independently via official channels, never links. Enable 2FA everywhere, unique passwords—no pizza place repeats. No remote access for "tech support," skip gift card pays, set bank alerts and low limits. Family code words crush grandkid scams.

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