Police 'Scam' Shopper to investigate branded shoes in Jurong Point
SINGAPORE - drinkers in Jurong Point believed they'd scored a deal when they stumbled selling sneakers in a discount.
Victims dropped a total of 1.4 million, and the most significant sum cheated in one instance last year was 60,700.
Several of these responded with disbelief after they realised they'd dropped to the"scam".
The movie was one of a collection of initiatives established as a part of their Jurong Police Division perception programme on Saturday.
Attended the roadshow.
Even the Ministry of Home Affairs had stated that despite the reduction in the amount of all scams, it's still a source of concern because of the number of cases that were documented.
However, after a number of these composed, it had been disclosed that they had been a part of the latest attempts that were anti-scam of the police .
Then they satisfied Mohamed Fadzil Mohamed Hisum, that clarified that transactions were included by the scams in Singapore.
Responses were drawn by the effort online.
Another who inquired if managed to bypass the registration procedure was advised:"It is just $30.
You are not likely to get this anywhere else"
Even the"sale" has been held during a time when many stores were touting enormous new year reductions.
He passed on the deal.
According to the video those who turned up at the deal in the booth jumped and filled with an enrollment form as taught.
Staff in the booth, that stated that they were from a brand new firm named Liaison, advised shoppers that they could purchase"any manufacturer and any dimension" of sneakers for about $30.
Latest police figures published this year revealed there were 1,961 instances of e-commerce scams this past year, an 8.4 percent fall from the 2,140 reported from 2016.
The shoppers were led off to some room, in which there was on scams a movie first also screened.
Their expertise was recorded on video from the Bukit Batok Enforcement authorities center (NPC), that shared it in their FB webpage on Saturday (March 3).
From the movie was advised to not stress, and he had been spotted handing over his money.
---
This article was first published at The Straits Times.
More information about Jurong Point, click link below.
