He can now only afford instant noodles and bread now, the victim told Shin Min.
\n\nAn elderly man in Singapore was scammed out of more than S$21,000 he had saved for his retirement after falling for a lottery scam on Facebook.
\n\nThe 71-year-old, known as Yang (transliteration), came across an advertisement in late August that promised lottery wins, reported Shin Min Daily News.
\n\nYang first placed a call to the number in the Facebook advertisement, but it didn’t go through.
\n\nHowever, the scammer returned his call in early September.
\n\nThe other party then told Yang that they knew people in Singapore Pools who could provide the winning numbers ahead of each draw, reported Shin Min.
\n\nBut Yang would have to pay for it: numbers for the first prize cost S$1,988, second prize S$1,688, and third prize S$1,388.
\n\nHe reportedly told the scammers that he could not afford those, and they instead asked for S$500 to set up his account, and another S$500 for five sets of 4D numbers.
\n\nOn Sep. 5, Yang was given the five sets of numbers and promised S$300,000 if he won.
\n\nHowever, none of the numbers matched, and he questioned the scammer.
\n\nThe scammer then claimed…
Original source: https://mothership.sg/
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