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The following are 2 case studies from Let's Fight Scams website
Received an SMS from “SingPost”, which I assumed was a scam message.
There is no contact number from which the SMS was sent from. 
SMS provided a link which led a website that showed that message informing you that a parcel was being processed (message indicated that an Iphone was in the parcel).
Please beware of this scam!
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I was being approached by this girl called 茜茜 on Wechat and she told me that she was a student in Singapore and is working as an escort.
she offered me sexual service for$ 100/2 hours or $300 to book the whole night. i refused at first but after conversing with her, I accepted it. as i was overseas and only arrived on 11 march midnight, we agreed on meeting up the next day, 12 march 2019.
after that her agent called me regarding the payment, saying that i have to pay as a deposit in case the girl was being 'bullied' and many other reason which came 1 at a time after i made payment. after the 7th transaction, i backed out, and fled. but they threatened to locate my location through my phone number and threatened to hurt my family. out of fear, i made more payments. I was scammed a total of $5442, including 3 itunes card ($100 each) and axs alipay machine. |
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Man scammed minutes after ignoring advisory on credit-for-sex scams
Again, it's Locanto website advert. Avoid Locanto!
https://stomp.straitstimes.com/courts-crime/sex-scammers-use-wechat-locanto-and-okcupid-to-cheat-victims-of-304k-since-jan