Singapore began requiring messaging services to restrict unknown contacts and social media services to verify advertisers on Tuesday, as the city-state clamps down on online scams. Cyberscam hubs, which lure foreigners into work to carry out online romance and crypto investment scams, have proliferated across Southeast Asia in recent years.Singapore, the region’s second-largest economy, lost over US$2.8 billion to scams from 2020 through the first half of 2025, Home Affairs Minister Sim Ann told parliament last November.Seven online services — WhatsApp, Telegram, WeChat, Apple iMessage, Apple FaceTime, Google Messages and Google Meet — must now obtain users’ consent before unknown contacts can add them to groups or channels. Do you think that anti-scam rules should be implemented globally ?
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