Medindia.com, 14 Mar 2009
"In recession-hit Singapore, one of Asia's safest cities, police reported a 15 percent increase in phone-scam cases in 2008 from the year earlier, with 7.6 million Singapore dollars (5.1 million US) reported lost compared to 4.6 million dollars in 2007.
"The reports have increased dramatically," said David Scott Arul, deputy director of operations for the Singapore Police Force.
In addition to kidnap hoaxes, up nearly 20-fold from 2007-2008, two other phone scams are of concern to Singapore police."
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