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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
National
Toh Ee Ming

As scams soar, Singapore decides to protect victims from themselves

United Overseas Bank , DBS and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp automated teller machines are pictured at the airport in Singapore on April 30, 2014 [Edgar Su/Reuters]

Singapore – Last year, Charlotte Goh received a call from someone claiming to be an officer with Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency.

The caller told Goh that her number was linked to a scam targeting Malaysians and directed her to the “Malaysian Interpol” to file a report.

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