Almost a victim of same scam tactics as those in $1.19m case

Recently, I almost fell prey to scammers in a similar situation as that described by "Grace" ("I don't want to know how much I've lost": Scam victim who transferred $1.19m to syndicate, Nov 30).

- Ong Kim Bock

A call from a so-called anti-scam centre informed me that my identity was being used to register an iPhone for illegal purposes and crimes committed.

Then came a follow-up call from a "police inspector" purporting to assist in investigations, requiring me to furnish all personal banking details and instructing me to make four "check-in" calls daily to him to report my whereabouts.