Lost money to a scammer
If you’ve transferred money to a scammer:
Immediate Actions
- Keep calm.
- Call your bank’s anti-scam hotline (numbers below) to try and stop the transaction from happening
- File a police report: Online i-witness form
List of Bank’s Anti-Scam Hotline
DBS / POSB
- Call the DBS / POSB 24-hour fraud hotline immediately at 1800 339 6963
- Call +65 6339 6963 if you are overseas
OCBC
- Call the OCBC 24-hour Personal Banking hotline immediately at 6363 33330
- Press 8 to report fraud or temporarily freeze all your accounts and cards.
- Call +65 6363 33330 if you are overseas
UOB
- Call the UOB 24-hour Fraud Hotline at 6255 0160
Citibank
- Contact the Citibank Fraud hotline at +65 6337 5519
CIMB
- Contact the CIMB Fraud hotline at ++65 6333 7777
For all other banks, refer to the bank’s relevant fraud hotline(s).
File a police report
- Online i-witness form (you will need your Singpass login)
- In person at your nearest Neighbourhood Police Post