The call came to my daughter from ICBC China Bank, from their Chinatown branch. The person was able to address my daughter by her name and informed her that her I/C was used to issue a credit card which was sent to an address in Bukit Timah. There was a payment of almost $10,000 due tomorrow. She started to panic and at that point, she was transferred to a 'police officer'. At that point, she came to me and gave me the phone and i spoke to that 'officer'. Initially, there were no red flags and the policeman I spoke to spoke English with a Singaporean accent and sounded genuine. He asked me to come down to the cantonment branch to make a report and when i asked if i can make a report in my neighbourhood police post, he agreed. After the call, when i spoke to my daughter, i realised it was a +65 number and so could be a spam call. I called the bank and asked them to check if a credit card was issued since we had the card number and they said no. I also called the spoofed number and the person who picked up said he was not from the bank.

Please be careful as this seems to be a new type of scam and the people speaking don't speak with obvious accents, so it sounded like a very genuine call.