James Dylan Loh, a netizen on Facebook group Complaint Singapore, shared a Whatsapp video call he accepted by mistake from a masked man claiming to be a part of the Singapore Police Force.
Mr Loh was waiting for an overseas call when he accidentally accepted the WhatsApp phone call from the phone number +92 348 6045291, where a masked man claiming to be from the Singapore Police Force appeared.
Mr Loh then asked in his post, “What did “Singapore Police Force” want through video calls? ‘Hullo, hullo, I am Singapore Police Force!’“
Shocked that it was a video call, Mr Loh immediately ended the call and blocked the person. Mr Loh described the call, “Having shocked that it turned out to be a video call whilst the caller covered his face with a handkerchief like a 70s tv drama crook, I hung up immediately and blocked it.”
He also stated that the person was being rude to him, “Why do I care who you are when you’re this rude?”
Responding to a netizen on the Facebook group, Mr Loh expressed his sentiments regarding the whole experience, “It starts with simple etiquette for me, that a person who invades privacy without asking need to further engagement. I am only wondering what did I compromise within the 22seconds.”
He added that he is convinced that this is a scam, he stated that “He’s an obvious fake. Why would police cover their face and need to video chat?”
Just a few months ago, November 2021, an impersonation scam involving the Singapore Police Force was rampant too. A woman who was the target of yet another impersonation scam has taken to social media to highlight that scammers’ modus operandi has become more advanced to the point that they would engage in a video call donning a police officer’s uniform.
To the untrained eye, the following photo could easily deceive targets that the person behind the camera was indeed a police officer. /TISG