Amount of recovered and reimbursed to scam victims each year compared to total monies lost

Question:

Mr Pritam Singh: To ask the Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs what is the total amount of monies recovered and reimbursed to scam victims each year since the establishment of the Anti-Scam Command, compared to the total monies lost to scams of all variants for each year respectively.

Answer:

Mr K Shanmugam, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs:

1. The Member may refer to the Annual Scam and Cybercrime Brief 2025 for figures on the total amount of scam losses and the total amount recovered each year.

2. The Government does not track the amount of scam proceeds returned to victims due to operational challenges. Seized proceeds could be co-mingled with other non-scam-related activities, such as cases involving unlicensed moneylending proceeds, and may not be directly correlated to crime committed in that same year.