500 foreign maids in Singapore fell victim to scams in 2023, up 18% from 423 cases in 2022, according to Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam.

500 foreign maids in Singapore fell prey to scams in 2023, up 18% from 423 cases in 2022, per Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam. The Ministry of Manpower's mandatory settling-in program educates workers on scam protection, and the Police's Domestic Guardians Programme trains migrant domestic workers on crime prevention. Scams in Singapore reached a record high in 2023, with over SGD651 million lost and over SGD2.3 billion lost since 2019.