The scam was foiled six days later on Oct 28, when the police and digital asset trading company QCP Capital intervened in time to convince the victim that she had fallen prey to a government official impersonation scam.
When she denied knowing the person, the man advised her to lodge a report. The call was then allegedly transferred to someone claiming to be an Inspector Lim from the Singapore Police Force. After due diligence checks as part of its on-boarding process, the company suspected something was amiss and alerted the police.
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