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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
