Police expose ‘Johor-Singapore housing subsidy’ scam using forged PM signatures
According to Singapore’s police, victims in some cases were asked to transfer money online for stamp duties
The police on Thursday warned of a scam involving a “Johor-Singapore housing subsidy” that is circulating online.
Victims of this scam would come across advertisements touting a “JBSG Housing Subsidy Programme” or “Free Homes Across the Causeway” on platforms like Facebook.
These ads outline a purported collaboration between the Singapore and Johor governments to provide subsidised housing and contain embedded links for interested parties to apply for the scheme.
“In one case, a document from this scam variant carried forged signatures of the prime ministers of Singapore and Malaysia,” the police said in a media release.
The fake document states that the purpose of the initiative is “designed to deepen economic integration and raise living standards on both sides of the Causeway”.
It also claims that units in Johor’s Iskandar Puteri will be sold at “welfare-subsidised rates that reflect both market realities and social assistance objectives”.