S’pore firm uses art and animation to educate students about scams
SINGAPORE – Local outfit Eyeyah! is using art to educate young people about scams. The art, animation and design educational platform publishes magazines to educate young people on social issues. In 2024, the company partnered social media giant Meta, the Singapore Police Force (SPF), National Crime Prevention Council and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore […]
ST Stop Scams webinar: Scam victims include lawyers, professors, senior civil servants
SINGAPORE – Anyone can fall victim to a scam, regardless of how well-educated or digitally savvy they are. Recalling how a lawyer almost lost the whole sum of $521,000 in a loan scam, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Police Aileen Yap, assistant director of the Singapore Police Force’s Anti-Scam Command, noted that senior civil servants and […]
ST Stop Scams webinar: What agencies and individuals are doing to tackle the scourge of scams
SINGAPORE – Before the Anti-Scam Centre was set up in Singapore, banks took an average of 14 to 60 days just to freeze a bank account, said Deputy Assistant Commissioner Aileen Yap at The Straits Times Stop Scams webinar on Wednesday (May 25). “By the time, they (the banks) receive the letter from us, more […]