Holy moly. Singapore is really an efficient country.

Within 54 minutes of this article "S’porean turns to crowdfunding to raise S$1,250 to buy scammed Vietnamese tourist an iPhone 6" being published, people in Singapore, and probably elsewhere as well, raised some S$1,600 on crowdfunding site Indiegogo in a donation campaign to buy the Vietnamese tourist a new iPhone 6 after he got scammed at Sim Lim Square.

The target of US$1,350, or approximately S$1,687, was completely crossed in less than one hour.

The original duration of fundraising was expected to last some one week.

The fundraising was so fast, this is a typical reaction from donors:

Here's how it went. 30 minutes into fundraising:

40 minutes in...

45 minutes...

53 minutes...

And then boom..

Current amount:

Here is a detailed breakdown of how many pledges of donations were received on Indiegogo, with at least four individuals donating US$100 each.

Here's how many Singaporeans did their part, without expecting any gratitude in return:

At this rate we are going, we can buy him an iPhone 6, bak kwa and kaya jam. And a house.

But this is how we do it, Singaporeans. Give yourselves a pat on the back.

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Top photo via Indiegogo via Lianhe Zaobao

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