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November 27, 2020

Man loses money in investment scam

MIRI: A man here lost more than RM11,000 after being deceived into investing in a non-existent fund. Miri district police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah said the man, who lodged a report on Thursday (Nov 26), claimed that he was befriended by a guy named ‘Zi Qing’ on Facebook. This ‘Zi Qing’ had offered him... Read More
Sarawak News
November 27, 2020

Youth loses over RM10k in loan scam

MIRI: A 22-year-old assistant lorry driver lost RM11,500 to a money-lending scam after wanting to take up a personal loan of RM10,000. Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah said the victim had seen an advertisement on Nov 10 in a website on the Internet. “After he filled in the form on the website, the... Read More
Sarawak News
November 23, 2020

Increase in number of scam cases

KUCHING: Sarawak police recorded 273 scam cases involving non-existent loans that incurred losses exceeding RM2.29 million, from Jan 1 to Nov 22. Sarawak CCID chief Supt Maria Rasid explained that this year’s cases increased by 68 cases compared to last year. From Jan 1 to Nov 22 last year, CCID recorded 205 scam cases. “Recently,... Read More
Sarawak News
November 17, 2020

Nurse loses RM6,462 to scammer

MIRI: A female nurse lost RM6,462 to a non-existent loan scam. District police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah said the incident happened around 11.55am on Oct 25 when the victim received a Whatsapp message from a suspect named ‘Anggel’ from Cashe Credit Sdn Bhd. In the message, the suspect offered the victim a loan package... Read More
Sarawak News
October 15, 2020

Woman scammed of RM47k

SIBU: A 60-year-old woman lost RM47,500 in a love scam. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said that the victim is an administrative staff who ‘fell in love’ with a man named ‘Richie Weng’ on Facebook in July. After four months of courtship, the man told the victim through WhatsApp that he would... Read More
Sarawak News
August 25, 2020

Man loses RM30k in scam

MIRI: A man lost RM30,000 after being scammed whereby he was led to believe that he was involved in a credit card case. District police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah who confirmed the case, said that the victim received a phone call at work on Monday (Aug 24) around 10am. “The victim received a call... Read More
Sarawak News
August 15, 2020

Woman loses RM7,000 in online scam

MIRI: A woman in her early 20’s from Desa Senadin here was scammed of more than RM7,000 while trying to buy smartphones from a seller whom she found on an online market. A police report has been lodged by the victim after she realised being conned by the female suspect. According to sources, the victim... Read More
Sarawak News
June 12, 2020

Scam cases on the rise

KUCHING: A total of 162 non-existent money lending scam cases involving losses amounting up to RM1.6 million were reported in Sarawak from January 1 to June 11 this year. Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Supt Maria Rasid said during the same period last year, there were 111 cases recorded with losses totalling RM922,000.... Read More
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