The victim received a call in early April from someone claiming to be an officer from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority who accused her of spreading misinformation on Covid-19 in Guangzhou, the Singapore Police Force said on Wednesday.
As she did not have the money, amount, she was told to record and provide nude videos of herself to prove her innocence in a separate so-called criminal case.On April 17, the scammer instructed the victim to isolate herself and stop all communication with others so that they could carry out their “investigations”.
The teenager had received a call from a “Ministry of Health officer” here accusing him of smuggling as well as spreading Covid-19 rumours in China. The police also reminded people to be wary of phone calls from unknown numbers, with or without the “+” prefix, and to refrain from giving out personal information and bank details to callers over the phone.