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A Singapore woman has been scammed out of up to $120,000 by a romance crypto scammer. According to authorities, the woman was convinced by the scammer to transfer her life savings into their cryptocurrency wallet under the false promises of starting a life together. Even though she had not met or identified the person at the other end of the line, the Singapore woman was ready to begin a new life with her lover abroad. She had withdrawn her two children from school and packed up her belongings, ready to make the trip to meet this ‘lover.’ However, a day before she was scheduled to travel, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Lee Hua Sheng from the Anti-Scam Command’s (ASC) Crypto Tracing Team (CTT) suspected that she might have been a victim of a scam, asking her to confirm at their office. Singapore single mother loses $120K to romance crypto scammer According to the ASC, the bank had alerted them about the suspicious withdrawals, which prompted ASP Lee to contact the woman. Upon being contacted, the woman claimed that her ‘lover’ had been ignoring her messages. Recounting the incident, the woman claimed that she met the individual as they had only been communicating through WhatsApp messages and voice calls for the past year, but she had never seen his face. ASP Lee, who spent more than three hours speaking to the Singapore woman, mentioned that she did not realize that she had avoided a worse fate. “If she had gone ahead and flown to a foreign country, she would have been stranded with her two young children, with no money,” he said. He then contacted the woman’s family and urged them to show her support. “She’s in a better state now, trying to recover from this episode and move on with…

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