Two women conned in separate incidents
MIRI: Two women here were conned by different scam syndicates and lost a total of RM8,000. District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the first case involved a trader in her late 30s, who was responded to a money lending advertisement on Sept 18. She later received a call from an alleged agent from the […]
Victim loses RM70,000 to Macau racket
PADAWAN: The Macau scam syndicate has struck yet again. This time, disguised as an Inland Revenue Board officer, a racket member fleeced a 30-year-old man out of RM70,000 in savings. In the incident which occurred on Aug 29, the suspect had allegedly told the gullible victim that the latter had some unpaid taxes. District deputy […]
Retiree loses RM39,000, woman loses RM66,000
KUCHING: An elderly retiree and a housewife lost money in separate Macau scams. Padawan district deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said the 60-year-old retiree lost RM39,000 to a ‘Mr Lee’ who called him around 9.15am on August 18. Lee claimed to be an officer at a police court division. Lim, who issued his […]
Civil servant in Bau loses RM160k to Macau scam
KUCHING: A civil servant in Bau near here fell prey to a Macau scam syndicate, losing RM160,000. Sarawak Commercial Criminal Investigation Department (CCID) chief Supt Maria Rasid said the victim, a man in his 30s, received a call from an unknown woman who claimed to be from the Inland Revenue Board (IRB), on July 4. […]
Beware of syndicate posing as IRB officers
PUTRAJAYA: The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has reminded the public to be wary of a Macau Scam syndicate posing as its officers to deceive victims. IRB, in a statement today stressed that any tax-related matter would not be discussed through phone calls, instead it would done through letters or official emails using the @hasil.gov.my domain. […]
Accounts clerk loses RM101,000 in Macau Scam
SIBU: An accounts clerk lost RM101,000 after falling victim to a Macau Scam. District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the 37-year-old victim received a call at 8 am from a man who introduced himself as a Telekom officer. “The alleged officer called on May 18 to inform the victim that she had phone […]
Rise in fraud cases
KUCHING: Love, non-existent loans and e-commerce fraud cases saw a drastic increase of 68.42 percent during the first three months of this year, registering losses estimated at RM11 million. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said during the period under review, a total of 576 cases were reported as compared to only 342 cases with […]
How to avoid being used as mule accounts
KUCHING: Housewives, the jobless, students and senior citizens are among the target groups who are often used as mule accounts by online financial fraud syndicates such as Macau Scam including Love Scam, Parcel Scam and so on. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) Kuching office chief Mohd Irman Mohd Din said the syndicates usually obtained mule accounts, […]
Busy day as scammers con victims of over RM370k
KUCHING: Two cases of Macau phone scam involving losses in excess of RM377,000 were reported in Kuching and Mukah districts on March 2 and 3 respectively. Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Supt Maria Rasid said the first case involved a 36-year-old woman, who is a civil servant. “According to her, she received a […]
Lecturer conned of RM325,000
MACAU SCAM KUANTAN: A lecturer here claims she lost RM325,000 to a Macau scam syndicate from August 2019 until February this year. Pahang CID Chief Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the 41-year-old victim claimed she was contacted by a person impersonating as a Perlis court staff regarding a non-existing hit-and-run case. “When she denied […]
