SIBU: A retiree fell victim to an online business scam, losing RM136,000 in the process. Sibu OCPD Asst Comm Zulkipli Suhaili the 60-year-old victim was enticed by an online offer, supposedly involving a well-known cosmetic brand available through the Ask-Oshop app. On Oct 9, the victim came across an advertisement on Facebook and was then contacted by...
KUANTAN: A retiree lost over RM478,000 after falling victim to a non-existent investment scheme promoted on social media. Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said the 69-year-old man first expressed interest in the investment advertised on Facebook in July. He explained that the victim was provided with a link to download the investment platform, while the...
JITRA: No fresh leads have been found regarding the whereabouts of missing Felcra retiree Sabari Baharom, 62, as the search entered its third day on Wednesday (Oct 2) at Sungai Padang Terap here. Based on Bernama’s observation at the search location near Kampung Lubuk Batu Bridge, the search and rescue team (SAR) continued their operation until...
KOTA KINABALU: All she wanted was to have lunch but instead lost RM2,500 in cash and other belongings to a woman pickpocket in Sabah’s northern Kota Marudu district. This was what befell a 59-year-old government retiree as she flipped through the menu to see the food selection at a restaurant in the town district. Footage of the...
SHAH ALAM: A retiree lost almost five million ringgit after she was duped to invest her life savings in an investment scam. In a statement on Thursday (June 6), Shah Alam OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim said the victim, aged 63, had started investing her money after she responded to an advertisement on Facebook. "She was...
SEREMBAN: A retired teacher has been cheated out of RM480,000 in a phone scam here. Seremban police chief Asst Comm Arifai Tarawe said the 56-year-old victim had received a call from an individual claiming to be from a courier company on Nov 15. The caller had told the teacher that she had a parcel containing a cheque...
SHAH ALAM: A retired private sector employee in Subang Jaya suffered a loss of RM3.839mil after falling victim to a 'phone scam'. Selangor Police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the 70-year-old woman received a phone call from an individual in November 2022 claiming to be an insurance officer, who said there had been an insurance...
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...
IPOH: A 70-year-old government retiree in Hutan Melintang has lost RM542,171 in a cryptocurrency investment scam. Perak police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said the victim lodged a police report on the matter at 4.34pm on July 30. Comm Mohd Yusri said the incident happened on Jan 8, when the victim was at his...
KOTA KINABALU: Sanis Baidis had always wanted to go on a vacation with his wife ever since he went into retirement in 2008. They could have gone on that getaway straightaway when he retired from a construction job that year but Sanis put off the plans to do some private work and run a small business...
