KOTA KINABALU: While many scammers are adopting artificial intelligence to carry out their crimes, three men in Tawau opted for a more "traditional" method – pukau, or hypnosis – to make off with their victim's money. The incident took place on Wednesday (March 19) at a 24-hour convenience store on Jalan Haji Karim in Fajar, according...
JOHOR BARU: A delivery man lost RM63,826 after falling victim to a ‘love scam’ orchestrated by a woman he had known for only 20 days. Johor Baru police chief ACP Raub Selamat said the 28-year-old victim, a local man, claimed to have met a woman known as Leong, through the WeChat application but she is believed...
KLUANG: An unemployed man has been detained by members of the public for allegedly trying to rape a woman inside a public toilet at Laman Kreatif Kampung Melayu here. Kluang OCPD Asst Comm Bahrin Mohd Noh said police were notified that a 34-year-old man had been detained at around 5.50pm on Tuesday (Dec 17) evening for...
KUALA LUMPUR: A love scam victim lost millions over nearly a decade without a single face-to-face interaction. At a press conference on Tuesday (Dec 17), Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf stated that this might be the longest single case of a victim being duped in a love...
CLEANUP on Aisle Six – voyeur detected. A viral video on Facebook shows a man walking up behind a woman in a supermarket and crouching in an attempt to take an upskirt video. When she notices him, he quickly pretends to look at a box of goods on a shelf. It is said that the incident occurred in...
PETALING JAYA: The family of a motorcyclist who was fatally struck by a lorry that reversed suddenly at Jalan Pantai Dalam, Kerinchi, is planning to take legal action over the incident. The victim’s brother, Muhammad Hanif Sehat, expressed the family’s hope that the lorry driver responsible would face appropriate punishment. "I am unsure where my brother was...
GERIK: The cousin of the drowning victim, Nur Arina Azizan, said the 20-year-old was quite excited to return to her village this time around for leisure activities, including taking a dip and going down the river on a float during a picnic outing. Norhaslinda Mohamad Yusuf, 36, said Nur Arina rarely had the chance to visit...
GERIK: The cousin of the drowning victim, Nur Arina Azizan, said the 20-year-old was quite excited to return to her village this time around for leisure activities, including taking a dip and going down the river on a float during a picnic outing. Norhaslinda Mohamad Yusuf, 36, said Nur Arina rarely had the chance to visit...
KOTA TINGGI: A 48-year-old woman lost RM238,000 of her savings in a parcel scam. Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt Yusof Othman stated that the victim, employed in the private sector, received a call in August from a suspect posing as a courier company employee. The suspect alleged there was an issue with a parcel the victim sent. When the...
DUNGUN: The father of deceased university student Khairil Anwar Jamaludin says he never expected to lose another son in an accident. Jamaludin Hussein, 53, from Kampung Pandan, Kuala Lumpur, said his eldest son also died in a road accident seven years ago. "I no longer have sons...His brother died on Oct 3, 2017. I am now left...
