Singapore Police and Banks Foil 900 Scam Attempts

Singapore’s Anti-Scam Centre (ASC) and four banks disrupted more than 900 scam attempts in a two-month joint operation, averting over S$35 million in potential losses, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said on Wednesday (Nov 11).

The operation, which ran from Sept 1 to Oct 31, 2026, involved the ASC of the SPF’s Cyber Command working with DBS, UOB, OCBC and GXS.

More than 27,000 SMS alerts sent

During the two months, ASC officers and the participating banks sent more than 27,000 SMS alerts to over 15,000 bank customers identified as potential scam victims, the police said.

The police said these “timely interventions” prevented money from being transferred to scammers.

The scam attempts spanned several types, including e-commerce scams, job scams, friend impersonation scams, government official impersonation scams and investment scams.

How Singapore police stop scam attempts

According to the SPF, the partnership used Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology, which allows rapid information exchange between the ASC and the partner banks so that potential victims can be identified quickly and their finances safeguarded.

In the previous two-month operation, from July 1 to Aug 31, 2026, the ASC and five banks disrupted more than 400 scam attempts and averted over S$46 million in potential losses, the SPF said in a release on Sept 8.

Separately, AsiaOne reported on Nov 6 that the police, working with digital payment token service providers and foreign law enforcement agencies, disrupted scam attempts involving some 383 victims between Sept 1 and Oct 31, preventing potential losses of over S$17.4 million.

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