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...
JOHOR BARU: A businessman lost more than RM200,000 of his savings by downloading a malware application on his mobile phone. The 47-year-old man who only wanted to be known as Lee, said that he came across the app after planning a cruise trip to Singapore together with his wife and three children on March 8. “I initially...
BATU PAHAT: A retired teacher who went online looking for a cleaner paid an initial fee of only RM15 but ended up losing her life savings of RM250,000.It is learnt that the teacher, who was expecting guests at her home, sourced for cleaning services on social media earlier this month. Sources said the teacher clicked on...
KUALA LUMPUR: A new phishing technique has been detected by Bukit Aman involving zones created by a planted base transceiver station (BTS). Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said that a telco company had informed Bukit Aman of the new technique, saying that scammers are able to send fake...
SIBU: A man in Kuching lost RM40,500 after he was made to believe he could recover RM60,000 from a previous gold investment scheme. Special Assistant to Stampin MP, Michael Kong said on Thursday (March 7) that the victim, who only wanted to be known as Bong, had sought his assistance in verifying the identity and credentials...
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...
GEORGE TOWN: A retired headmaster who lost over RM35,000 to scammers says numerous charges were made to his debit and credit cards even after he asked the issuing banks to block all transactions. Ooi Eng Lye, 64, said he had taken immediate steps to stop further losses and said that the banks could have done better. He...
KUALA LUMPUR: A former banker lost nearly RM4mil to scammers who claimed she had unauthorised insurance claims made under her name – but the good news is that her case led to a breakthrough in investigations and nine people were arrested. The suspects have been linked to 61 cases involving RM28.92mil in losses. According to Bukit Aman...
ISKANDAR PUTERI: A 31-year-old woman lost more than half a million of her life savings after being duped by a scammer who had impersonated her younger brother. Iskandar Puteri OCPD Asst Comm Rahmat Ariffin said the police received a police report from the victim at 4.20pm on Friday (Jan 19) after noticing that she had been...
A new strain of info stealer Phemedrone Stealer appears to be targeting crypto wallets and messaging apps, analysts say. Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro recently uncovered a previously unknown malware strain, which was exploiting a now-patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows. According to a report from the Texas-headquartered firm, Phemedrone Stealer focuses on web browsers and extracts data from crypto...
