JOHOR BARU: Teachers are among the top victims who fall for scammers, says Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat (pic). The Johor police chief said that in Johor, 117 cases of teachers getting scammed have been reported as of September this year. "This involves losses of more than RM4.24mil. In terms of value, it is higher compared to...
JOHOR BARU: Johor police have received over 2,000 reports online scam cases involving some RM71mil in losses since early 2023, says Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat (pic). Comm Kamarul Zaman said this was an increase of about 15.5% compared to 2022. "Between Jan 1 and Sept 16, we received a total of 2,079 reports...
BATU PAHAT: Two women in their 60s were duped of more than RM200,000 of their savings in separate scams which promised high returns. In the first case, a retired teacher was cheated of RM150,000 in a fake share investment scheme purportedly offered by a major commercial bank. It is learnt the woman received a message several weeks...
