Data on Scam Losses, Scam Typology, Median Age of Victims and Time Taken for Freezing of Funds Following Restriction Orders

Debated in Parliament on 22 Sep 2025.

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The debate focused on scam losses, victim demographics, recovery rates, and fund freezing times in Singapore.
Mr. Kwek Hian Chuan Henry requested detailed statistics on scam losses by type, median age of victims, recovery proportions, and fund freezing times from 2023 to 2025.
Minister K Shanmugam provided information indicating that the median age of scam victims is 43 years and that over $56.7 million in scam losses was recovered in the first half of the year.
The Police publish half-yearly Scam and Cybercrime Briefs that include data on common scam types and victim age groups.
The time taken to freeze funds after restriction orders is typically within hours or a day, although the Police do not specifically track this metric.

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Kwek Hian Chuan Henry

Mr Kwek Hian Chuan Henry asked the Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs (a) for each quarter from 2023 to 2025, what is the total amount of scam losses by typology; (b) what is the median age of victims; (c) what proportion of scam losses have been recovered; and (d) what has been the median time taken to freeze funds after issuance of restriction orders by the Police.

K Shanmugam

The Member may refer to the Scam and Cybercrime Briefs published half-yearly on the Police website for the amounts lost to the top 10 most commonly reported scam types and the proportion of scam victims by age group.

In the first half of this year, the median age of scam victims was 43 years old. During the same period, the Police recovered more than $56.7 million of scam losses. The Police do not track the time taken to freeze funds in a bank account after the issuance of an order to the local banks. Typically, this is within hours or a day.

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The debate focused on scam losses, victim demographics, recovery rates, and fund freezing times in Singapore.
Mr. Kwek Hian Chuan Henry requested detailed statistics on scam losses by type, median age of victims, recovery proportions, and fund freezing times from 2023 to 2025.
Minister K Shanmugam provided information indicating that the median age of scam victims is 43 years and that over $56.7 million in scam losses was recovered in the first half of the year.
The Police publish half-yearly Scam and Cybercrime Briefs that include data on common scam types and victim age groups.
The time taken to freeze funds after restriction orders is typically within hours or a day, although the Police do not specifically track this metric.

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Data on Scam Losses, Scam Typology, Median Age of Victims and Time Taken for Freezing of Funds Following Restriction Orders

Debated in Parliament on 22 Sep 2025.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

The debate focused on scam losses, victim demographics, recovery rates, and fund freezing times in Singapore.
Mr. Kwek Hian Chuan Henry requested detailed statistics on scam losses by type, median age of victims, recovery proportions, and fund freezing times from 2023 to 2025.
Minister K Shanmugam provided information indicating that the median age of scam victims is 43 years and that over $56.7 million in scam losses was recovered in the first half of the year.
The Police publish half-yearly Scam and Cybercrime Briefs that include data on common scam types and victim age groups.
The time taken to freeze funds after restriction orders is typically within hours or a day, although the Police do not specifically track this metric.

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Kwek Hian Chuan Henry

K Shanmugam

Summary written by AI (learn more)

The debate focused on scam losses, victim demographics, recovery rates, and fund freezing times in Singapore.
Mr. Kwek Hian Chuan Henry requested detailed statistics on scam losses by type, median age of victims, recovery proportions, and fund freezing times from 2023 to 2025.
Minister K Shanmugam provided information indicating that the median age of scam victims is 43 years and that over $56.7 million in scam losses was recovered in the first half of the year.
The Police publish half-yearly Scam and Cybercrime Briefs that include data on common scam types and victim age groups.
The time taken to freeze funds after restriction orders is typically within hours or a day, although the Police do not specifically track this metric.

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Data on Scam Losses, Scam Typology, Median Age of Victims and Time Taken for Freezing of Funds Following Restriction Orders

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Data on Scam Losses, Scam Typology, Median Age of Victims and Time Taken for Freezing of Funds Following Restriction Orders

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Kwek Hian Chuan Henry

K Shanmugam

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