SINGAPORE: An 84-year-old British woman was arrested for her suspected involvement in a series of cheating cases after her alleged victims saw she had been featured as a scammer in a documentary, the police said on Friday (Apr 4).
CNA understands that the documentary was Netflix’s Con Mum, a crime documentary about a chef whose life “is upended when a jet-setting, champagne-sipping, hotel-hopping woman claims to be his mother”, according to its synopsis.
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it had received several reports since Mar 28 from victims who were allegedly cheated by the woman through purported investment opportunities and a claimed inheritance.
As part of the arrangement to receive monies from the opportunities and inheritance, the victims were asked to transfer money for legal fees and the opening of overseas bank accounts.
The woman allegedly promised the victims that they would be reimbursed through her inheritance.
The victims, believing that the opportunities and inheritance were genuine, made several transfers to her.
“The victims only realised that they (had) been cheated after the woman was found to be featured as a scammer in a documentary,” SPF said.
