Report to Police after been Scammed!
April 12, 2009 by admin
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Yes, this post is dedicated to those who wish to report to the police but have no idea how to do so after been scammed especially to victims from cheapest-deal.blogspot.
Many of us who has been scammed by any amount of money should step out and made the matter known. No matter how small the sum is, it is still consider as fraud or cheating. As long as one person decided to let go, it means the scammer will return after one successful attempt. (I have relevant examples which I am still researching on it, so follow SafeBlogShopper closely.)
Do not be taken back by the tedious procedures as nowadays you can report your case through online! SPF has definately improved greatly from the past. So how do we go about it?
Make sure you have all the relevant documents like transaction slips with the proof of transferring a certain amount of money to the sellers’ bank account number, transaction reference number and any form of black and white documents like emails or SMSes.
Make a police report through the following link:
http://www.spf.gov.sg/epc/ePCLinks.html
The last time I’ve seen on forums, $14 is required for admin and handling charges, but now I believed it should be free as there is no mention about it in the FAQ. I shall let those who have experience to furnish the details over here.
From the FAQ:
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Upon your confirmation of the ePC report online, the system will automatically send an email, to the address which you have indicated, with a copy of the Police Report attached.
This Police Report includes a system generated report number for your reference. Thereafter, if further assistance or clarifications if required with respect to your report, you may be contacted by our officers.
source: http://www.spf.gov.sg/epc/epc_faqs.htm
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These should form the basis of the reporting procedure. If more than one victims are found, you may quote the report number from each other to support the case.
The Officer Inspector (OI) can retrieve the bank account holder details from the bank and trace who is the bank account holder.
A successful case was known during Dec 2008 when the suspect seller actually refunded the full amount to the victim 4 days after the case was made.
Therefore, nothing is impossible.
I believe that once the report has made, investigations will be carry out almost immediately. To be honest, I do not have real experience in making police report, perhaps someone like Jacelyn from the K-sayuri scam incident can help to furnish the subsequent actions that the police may take.
(Offtrack: After doing so much researches, the number of scams going around is alarming. You will not believe in it.)
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