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The Police would like to alert members of the public on recent reports of harassment emails that involve digitally modified images of victims. Since March 2026, at least 3 cases were reported.

In these cases, the victims would receive emails at their work email addresses containing images of them that were digitally modified to show them appearing to engage in sexual acts. The senders would threaten to upload the images online and send them to the victims’ workplace, if the victims did not respond to the emails. The information of the victims such as photographs and email addresses was likely obtained from publicly available online sources.

Members of the public are advised to remain calm if you receive a manipulated photograph, video or screenshot, remain calm. Do not initiate contact, make money or cryptocurrency transfers. Report the matter to the Police immediately and provide a copy of the email to the Police.

If you wish to provide any information related to such cases, please call the Police hotline at 1800-255-0000, or submit it online at www.police.gov.sg/i-witness. If you require urgent Police assistance, please dial ‘999’.