Scammed an enormous RM516,457
LIMBANG: A retired teacher lost a whopping RM516,457 of her savings after being duped in a Macau scam. The syndicate members and culprits in the scam had disguised as police officers and a staff of one telecommunication company for nearly two months, during the movement control order (MCO) and the recovery movement control order (RMCO). […]
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. […]
Technician loses RM22,750 in bogus iPhone11 deal
KUANTAN: A technician lost RM22,750 after he was duped into ‘buying’ an iPhone 11 advertised on Instagram last week. Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the male victim, 22, wanted to buy the smartphone offered at RM1,350 on Instagram on Thursday. “The victim claimed he had been dealing with an […]
Woman made poorer by ‘cops’ scam
KUANTAN: A retired woman has claimed she lost almost half-a-million ringgit in savings after she believed scammers who said they were police officers. Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department head Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the 59-year-old victim claimed to have received a telephone call on April 29, supposedly from a staff of a telecommunications […]
Act fast on tip-offs, banks told
KUCHING: Banks must act swiftly upon receiving tip-offs from the public in order to prevent any more attempted scams. Movement for Change Sarawak (MOCS) chairman Francis Paul Siah said he had contacted the fraud department of a banking company on May 1 concerning an individual claiming to be a student in Kota Kinabalu, who was […]
Man duped into buying non-existent face masks
SIBU: A man suffered a loss of RM11,720.70 after being tricked into buying face masks online. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the scam began on March 30 when the 37-year-old complainant contacted person to buy 158 boxes of masks. “The person paid RM11,720.70 online including shipping costs into an account according […]
Consultant loses RM45K in Macau scam
SIBU: A consultant’s trust in a woman identified as his adopted sister, has caused him to lose RM45,000 in a Macau scam. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the 67-year-old victim met the woman, Felicia Miley Adams during a six-month course in Auckland, New Zealand in 2009. “Towards the end of January […]
Online trader loses rm108,300 to face mask scam
KUANTAN: An online trader who wanted to make a bulk purchase of face masks lost RM108,300 after being duped by a non-existent supplier. Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the 34-year-old victim claimed that she made an order for 2,700 boxes of face masks from a woman in Penang […]
Online fraud syndicates target petty traders, SME entrepreneurs
KUALA LUMPUR: Petty traders, including Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), need to be aware of the online fraud perpetrated by syndicates due to various financial assistance offered by the government and banks to those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Association of Development Finance Institutions of Malaysia (Adfim) secretary-general Mohd Prasad Hanif said syndicates are taking advantage to deceive the group. […]
‘Free money’ costs teacher RM8,250
SIBU: Because of greed, a 48-year-old teacher lost more than RM8,000 after being tricked into paying for a non-existent mobile phone purchase from an online shopping company on Sunday. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the victim had earlier received a message from a man who claimed to be a representative of […]
