Robbery with Hurt Reported on Bayfront Avenue
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- A 45-year-old woman was robbed of S$50,000 after arranging a currency exchange via a messaging app.
- She met two men at a hotel near Bayfront Avenue, Singapore, where the incident occurred.
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The police said on Tuesday that they were alerted at about 7pm the day before to a case of robbery with hurt along Bayfront Avenue.
According to preliminary investigations, a 45-year-old woman visited the area after agreeing to exchange S$50,000 (US$39,000) worth of cash for foreign currency with someone she spoke to on a messaging platform.
The person, who claimed to offer foreign currency exchange services, instructed the victim to bring the cash there and said the exchanged amount would be deposited into her e-wallet.
The victim, who was accompanied by her child, met a man near Bayfront Avenue and was brought to a hotel room, said the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in a press release.
A second man was waiting in the room’s bathroom, they added.
CNA understands that the hotel is MBS.
