GEORGE TOWN: A massive forex investment scam that has allegedly defrauded 388 victims across multiple countries of RM104.75mil since 2016 has prompted calls for swift action. The scam, allegedly orchestrated by individuals claiming to be Russian financial experts, promised high annual returns of 20-30%. The victims, ranging from professionals to retirees, claimed that after payments ceased in...
KOTA KINABALU: Abdul Rahman Hamid has been having sleepless nights, and he is worried that he might get a stroke. His son, Mohd Addie Azrinn, the third of six, has been calling him and everyone on his phone’s contact list, pleading for help to rescue him from his kidnappers. Abdul Rahman, 60, said his son had fallen...
SEPANG: Two more job scam victims have returned to Malaysia after six months of being forced to work as online scammers in Myawaddy, Myanmar. For 29-year-old Sarawakian man who only wanted to be known as Lau, he said the hellish experience began at the end of last year. "I had been working in Singapore for six years...
SEPANG: Two more job scam victims have returned to Malaysia after six months of being forced to work as online scammers in Myawaddy, Myanmar. For 29-year-old Sarawakian man who only wanted to be known as Lau, he said the hellish experience began at the end of last year. "I had been working in Singapore for six years...
SEPANG: A non-governmental organisation (NGO) has warned that job scam syndicates based in Myanmar are expected to move their base of operations to Laos. Malaysia International Humanitarian Organisation (MHO) secretary-general Datuk Hishamuddin Hashim said this after three Malaysians were brought back from Myanmar on Thursday. "The three were forced to work for scam syndicates Tachileik and Myawadyy...
