WhatsApp to stop working on old phones on Jan 1
The popular instant messaging app WhatsApp will cease to work on older devices from 1 January. According to TechRadar, the app makers have confirmed that those who have smartphones with software older than iOS 9 or Android 4.0.3 won’t be able to use the app in the new year. As long as you have iOS […]
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 […]
New canopy for packed post office
MUKAH: A pile of incoming items purchased online placed at the entrance of Pos Malaysia Berhad (Pos) here has attracted the attention of Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo. According to him, Pos have been receiving a lot of items and the staffs are working hard until 10pm. “Tomorrow (yesterday), I will lend a new canopy for […]
Cooking lessons via WhatsApp
Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it’s too assertive to the naked eye. – Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, writer and television personality My niece, Ah Hong is learning to cook through WhatsApp. She is taking lessons from me even though she lives with her mother. […]
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 […]
Revised ruling after constructive feedback
KUCHING: Food vendors’ trading hours will be from 7am to 7pm and not from 3pm to 10pm. This latest ruling is a revision of the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC)’s earlier decision regarding the sale of food during the Ramadan month. Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the committee made […]
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 […]
WatsapKita e-Bazar coming soon
KUCHING: A new online e-bazaar is coming to town. Ramadan is just around the corner and traditionally, Malaysians look forward to such bazaars, which sell a wide variety of food for iftar (breaking of fast). However, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg announced a ban on Ramadan and Gawai Dayak bazaars this year […]
Sarawakian among six scammed with App
KUALA LUMPUR: Six people lost their savings after they downloaded an application sent by an online syndicate. This latest tactic used by syndicates was exposed by Bukit Aman’s Commercial Crime Investigation Department (JSJK) after receiving six reports from victims aged between 24 and 59 years from April 7 to 11 involving losses amounting to RM295,350. […]
Clerk loses RM54,000, cheated by mask seller on WhatsApp
ALOR GAJAH: A female clerk in an automotive company here lost RM54,000 after she was allegedly cheated through the WhatsApp application on March 15. Alor Gajah District police chief Supt Arshad Abu said the 37-year-old victim claimed she bought the masks to sell them to the public as well as for her personal use following […]
