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Over $7 million lost to Internet love scams this year, followed by China impersonations

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Picture this: A 19-year-old male enteres a 7-Eleven store along Yishun Ave 5 around 2am to buy an iTunes gift card worth $100. The sales assistant, seeing that he already purchased a gift card of similar value, warns him that the card is non-refundable and non-exchangeable. She gives him a pamphlet from the police about an Internet scam, detailing an attractive female on WeChat convincing victims to buy and transfer online gift cards in exchange for a date or sexual services, which (obviously) never comes to pass. The man reads it and realises he's been scammed. 


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