Modern crime and AI scam syndicates
Source: The Straits Times
Published on: 2026-04-21 18:57
DeeperDive is a beta AI feature. Refer to full articles for the facts. This is a special Straits Times resource for pre-university students as part of The Straits Times-Ministry of Education News Outreach Programme. The team behind the ST-MOE News Outreach Programme has compiled a series of news resources for you. This week, we look at the evolving nature of modern crime. A notebook lies open on a table littered with keyboards and industrial USB hub ports with charging cables left plugged in. One entry in English reads: "I'm single and I've been busy with work in recent years. So I rarely make new friends. I'm from Singapore. From which country are you from?" Another handwritten entry below continues: "In Singapore, a job like yours generally earns 1,500 to 2,000 SGD per month. How much do you earn in a month in your country?" These entries appear to be a chat guide that a cyberscam...
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