BALIK PULAU: Police have detained three teenagers, including a 16-year-old girl, suspected of being members of a syndicate responsible for sourcing mule bank accounts used in online fraudulent activities. Southwest district police chief Supt Kamarul Rizal Jenal said that the girl and two 19-year-old boys were detained yesterday in Bayan Lepas. "Acting on a tip-off and following...
KUALA LUMPUR: Borrowing money from loan sharks is already stressful, but a new wave of deceit has emerged as scammers now attempt to intercept payments from victims to these illicit lenders. One such victim is a 36-year-old who wanted to be known only as Ah Chung, who lost RM1,000 to a scammer after borrowing money for...
PASIR GUDANG: A 50-year-old woman lost RM190,000 worth of her life savings after falling for a cryptocurrency investment scam here. Seri Alam OCPD Supt Mohd Sohaimi Ishak said that the victim, who is an international school staff, was offered an investment scheme by a man that she befriended through Instagram. “The suspect offered a cryptocurrency investment opportunity...
JOHOR BARU: Scammers have been impersonating Fire and Rescue Department officers and fraudulently using the department’s name to dupe businesses with bogus tender deals across the country. So far, nearly a dozen police reports have been filed in Selangor, Sabah, Johor, Perlis and Labuan about such scams, with losses exceeding tens of thousands of ringgit. Forging the...
BANDAR PERMAISURI: A 51-year-old single mother, who is a civil servant, has lost RM148,200 after being duped in a love scam. Setiu district police chief Mohd Zain Mat Dris said the victim lodged a report on Saturday (June 22). "The victim claimed that she received a Facebook message in June from someone using a fake profile with...
KUALA LUMPUR: A cryptocurrency scam has left a 53-year-old man about RM3mil poorer after he was duped by a so-called trading "guru". According to Bukit Aman's Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID), the 53-year-old victim, who works in an oil and gas company, responded to an advertisement on social media in December. He was then introduced to a...
SIBU: A female student from a private higher education institution here lost RM13,750 after being deceived by an online part-time job offer. In her report to the Commercial Crime Investigation Division of the Sibu District Police on Sunday (June 16), the victim claimed that she received an offer to earn extra money through tasks on YouTube...
