In the first nine months of this year, there were at least 3,230 cases of fraud involving impersonation of Singaporean government officials, with losses of at least S$142.5 million. Among them, the police is the most common government agency impersonated by fraudsters. To help the public identify real and fake police calls, the Singapore Police Force will uniformly use the number "6,000 0999" to make outside calls from Monday (Nov 2). Even if the public misses the call, they will still receive an official SMS message afterwards.

In the first nine months of this year, there were at least 3,230 cases of fraud involving impersonation of Singaporean government officials, with losses of at least S$142.5 million. Among them, the police is the most common government agency impersonated by fraudsters. To help the public identify real and fake police calls, the Singapore Police Force will uniformly use the number "6,000 0999" to make outside calls from Monday (Nov 2). Even if the public misses the call, they will still receive an official SMS message afterwards.