90-year-old woman loses RM3.83 million in phone scam
It was recently reported that a senior citizen was cheated RM3.83 million through a phone scam. According to Petaling Jaya District Police Chief ACP Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal, a 90-year-old woman had...
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PSA: Beware of BigPay scams. Here’s what you need to know
News about Malaysians falling victim to scams is quite common these days. A few days ago, a 90-year-old woman in Petaling Jaya had lost nearly RM4 million to individuals pretending to be the police....
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PDRM: RM103 mil lost to scammers impersonating the police in the first half...
One of the biggest challenges faced by the Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) is people’s gullibility. The department’s acting director Commissioner Datuk Saiful Azly Kamaruddin...
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Woman fined RM50,000 for promoting COVID-19 repelling bracelets on Facebook
A direct-sales agent was slapped with a RM50,000 compound for promoting bracelets that claims to ward off COVID-19 on her Facebook page. The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry had...
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Google has a new feature that fights Macau Scams
Google has introduced Verified Calls, a new feature for its Phone app that shows Android users a caller’s name, logo, reason for calling and verified badge to indicate it has been authenticated by the...
View ArticleHow to avoid being scammed | Let’s Talk About #33
There has been a rise of scams in Malaysia recently, and that’s a pretty big cause for concern. In this episode of Let’s Talk About, Amin and Alex take a look at some of the more common ways people...
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Proton: Beware of Proton X50 booking scams
The Proton X50 has received tremendous response from the public with 20,000 bookings received within 2 weeks. However, it appears there are unauthorised individuals claiming to accept bookings for the...
View ArticleMore telco officials remanded by MACC over probe into sale of customer info
After 3 directors were remanded for bribing telco officials, several telco officials were also remanded to assist in investigations into an SMS scam case. Two individuals aged 39 and 47 years old were...
View ArticleFormer telco CMO and a company director remanded over SMS fraud
A former telecommunications company chief marketing officer and a company director have been remanded for five days beginning today to assist investigations into a corruption case involving a short...
View ArticleBukit Aman: 1,420 Macau Scam cases already charged in court from Jan to Oct
A total of 1,420 out of 2,676 Macau Scam cases have been charged in court between January and October, involving losses amounting to RM256 million, said Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation...
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Royal Malaysia Police warns of GoPayz scam via WhatsApp
Royal Malaysia Police in their Cyber Crimes Alert Facebook page warns of a new type of scam that involves TAC or OTP numbers. The police shared a post by a Facebook user who shared her experience on...
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SMS Fraud: 5 telcos investigated for selling prepaid customer info
Five telco companies and nearly 100 content providers are allegedly involved in a scam that has stolen RM100 million of credit from prepaid users. The scam is believed to be running for 10 years. The...
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PSA: Is BigPay offering free upgrade to Red or Premium card? It’s definitely...
BigPay has just issued a security advisory about new tactics by scammers to gain access to user accounts. As reported previously, scammers are using various techniques to trick customers into giving...
View Article11 arrested in KL for involvement in Macau Scam and online gambling syndicate
The police have busted a Macau Scam and online gambling syndicate that has been operating in Kuala Lumpur. The Malay Mail reported that police have arrested 11 individuals, including four Chinese...
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Truecaller: Spam calls from financial services nearly doubled while...
Truecaller, a mobile app specialising in blocking unwanted calls, recently released its latest insights on the trend of spam calls in Malaysia. Based on their findings, spam calls from financial...
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GoDaddy emailed employees that they got a USD 650 bonus – but it turned out...
GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain registrar, has come under the spotlight recently but for the wrong reasons. On 14 December, the US company sent its employees an email that thanked them for their...
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PSA: Maybank is not giving away iPhone 12 Pro Max for its new year giveaway....
Another day, another scam. This time it appears that scammers are running fake Maybank2U ads that supposedly promise to giveaway iPhone 12 Pro Max with additional cash prizes as part of its new year...
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MCMC: Beware of WhatsApp hijack scam, here’s what you need to know
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has issued a statement to warn about a potential scam which will allow unauthorised individuals to take over your WhatsApp account. The...
View Article74-year-old retiree handed Maybank card to scammers, loses over RM1 million
A 74-year-old retiree has lost more than RM1 million of her life savings to a Macau Scam syndicate. It was reported that the retiree even handed over her Maybank card to the scammers. Petaling Jaya...
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MCMC calls Sugarbook’s move a marketing gimmick, warns about love scam risks
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has raised concerns about the recent marketing gimmick by sugar daddy dating site, Sugarbook. It added users of the platform could be...
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