Ebit Lew case: Witness did not give police mobile phone used to record video call

TENOM: A woman testified in the Magistrate's Court on Thursday (Aug 29) that she did not give the police the mobile phone she used to record a video call with Ebit Irawan Ibrahim Lew, also known as Ebit Lew (pic). The ninth prosecution witness, in her 40s, who is the complainant in the sexual harassment case...

Woman who lied to police that her mobile phone was snatched gets jail

SINGAPORE: A woman lied to the police that a man she did not know had snatched her mobile phone in Geylang when, in fact, her boyfriend was in possession of the device at the time. The prosecution said that she dropped the device when they quarrelled, and she was aware that her boyfriend had picked it...

Retired manager scammed out of RM500,000 in online phone scam

SEREMBAN: A retired manager lost more than RM500,000 of her savings in an online phone scam. Seremban police chief Asst Comm Mohamad Hatta Che Din said the victim, who used to work in a private company, lodged a report on Tuesday (March 5) upon realising that she had been scammed. "The victim had been communicating via WhatsApp...

Trader loses almost RM120,000 to phone scammers posing as police

IPOH: A trader from Teluk Intan lost about RM118,880 after falling victim to a phone scam. Hilir Perak OCPD Asst Comm Ahmad Adnan Basri said the 48-year-old woman had received a call from the scammer on Sept 14, who introduced himself as a staff member from the Inland Revenue Board, informing her about “arrears” amounting to...

Cheated of RM1.4mil in parcel scam, woman only realises she was a victim three years later

IPOH: A 62-year-old woman from Taman Wah Keong here has lost about RM1.4mil after falling victim to a phone scam. Perak police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusof Hassan Basri said the retiree had received the call from a scammer who claimed to be from a courier service company on March 27, 2020. "The scammer had informed...