'Be cautious with your belongings': Singaporean loses about $12k after credit cards stolen in Japan

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Losing both your credit cards and money while abroad is a traveller's worst nightmare. And that's what happened to a Singaporean man who had his credit cards stolen while holidaying in Japan. This traveller, who only wanted to be known as Lee, shared about his experience on TikTok last Saturday (April 13): 'My two credit cards were stolen while I..

Singaporean woman has her credit cards stolen while travelling in Tokyo, Japan.Losing both your credit cards and money while abroad is a traveller's worst nightmare.his credit cards stolen while holidaying in Japan.

Lee shared screenshots of the fraudulent transactions made on Apr 10 on his Standard Chartered Simply Cash Credit Card which showed three purchases made at two major department stores in Tokyo — Mitsukoshi Ginza and Matsuya Ginza — amounting to 1,311,049 yen . He said he does not know how his credit cards were stolen in Tokyo, but Lee mentioned that he immediately contacted both banks to block the credit cards upon realising that large sums of money were deducted from his account.

Hence, he lodged a police report on Singapore Police Force's online portal before boarding his flight. "It's disappointing that nobody could offer assistance when such situations arose," Lee said, adding that it was his first time gettingWanting to share his lessons learnt from the incident, Lee advised travellers to be cautious even if a country is considered to be generally safe.

 

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