Police warn residents to treat all transactions as suspicious when dealing with unknown people
Ask a lot of questions to verify the authenticity of people before parting with your hard-earned money.
Both Fairland and Linden police have raised the alarm about ongoing fraud cases being reported to their stations.
Linden Police Station communication officer Sergeant Takalani Sibiya appealed to the public to read up on their various banks’
fraud-prevention policies to ensure that scammers didn’t have easy access to their money.
They and their CPF members gave a talk to seniors living at The Willows to educate them on potential pitfalls, especially when dealing with online transactions.
Fairland police’s new acting Station Commander Captain Howard Mekoa also said in the March CPF community meeting, “Rather treat everyone with suspicion and be safe than to lose your hard-earned money to a fraudster. Ask a lot of questions to check the veracity of the seller of an item and to not be so fast to part with your cash.”
He said a bank will likewise never ask you to provide a one-time-pin (OTP) number over the phone. “If someone calls and asks you to share any kind of banking-related information, please end the call and phone your bank directly to check.”
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