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The police are alerting the public on a mooncake scam that swindled 27 victims out of $325,000 in just a month. Find out how to shield yourself.

With the Mid-Autumn Festival around the corner, some people have started buying mooncakes. Beware of this scam if you're looking to buy the sweet treats online, the police warned in a news release on Tuesday (Sept 5). According to the police, at least 27 victims were scammed out of $325,000 in August alone by fake mooncake sellers on social media....

SINGAPORE — At least 27 people have fallen victim to a new scam variant involving the sale of mooncakes through social media platforms since August this year, which amounted to total losses of some S$325,000.

The moon cake "sellers" would direct the victims to malicious links for purchase or payment. Read more at straitstimes.com.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is working closely with Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet) and the financial industry to set up the National Fraud Portal, which is expected to be ready by the middle of next year.

Singapore News - A new scam involving moon cake sales on social media platforms has cost at least 27 victims around $325,000 in August alone, said the police on Tuesday. After contacting the “sellers” through social messaging platforms to place orders for moon cakes advertised on... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Cases of malware being used to compromise Android mobile devices have been on the rise.

KUCHING (Aug 24): A human resource supervisor here was scammed of RM980,000 by a so-called bitcoin investment platform, which promised returns of between 20 and 50 per cent. Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said in a statement today that the victim, who is in his late 40s,

A food delivery order that was supposed to cost S$58 (RM198) ended up costing Lim (not her real name) over S$20,000 (RM68,410) after scammers took control of her Android phone and banking details remotely.

SINGAPORE — A food delivery order that was supposed to cost $58 ended up costing Lim (not her real name) over $20,000 after scammers took control of her Android phone and banking details remotely. Lim, 54, lost almost $20,500 from a credit card account and two DBS savings accounts in hours after she clicked on a link to download a...