KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Intelligence/Operations/Records (D4) principal assistant director, SAC Wan Rukman Wan Hassan is among seven senior officers of the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) involved in a transfer exercise effective September 20. In a.
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PETALING JAYA: A total of 51 loan scam cases have been recorded so far this year.
Selangor Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Asst Comm Muhammad Yazid Muhammad Yew said the cases were recorded between Jan 13 and Jan 25, involving losses of RM617,758. It is an increase of 12.8% compared to the same period last year, where 41 cases were recorded with losses amounting to RM547,686, he said in a statement on Wednesday (Jan 27).
Selangor CCID also detained 14 people and managed to solve 31 loan scam cases this year, he added. The scammers would advertise their ‘loan offers’ using the names of various bogus money lender companies over various medium to entice their victims.
PETALING JAYA: A senior citizen suffered a whopping RM1.8mil in losses after she was duped by a Macau Scam syndicate.
Selangor Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Asst Comm Muhammad Yazid Muhammad Yew said the 66-year-old woman lodged a report about the scam at the Petaling Jaya police headquarters on Friday.
“The woman received a call from a scammer, who was posing as a Pos Laju official in April, informing her that there is a package with her name containing ATM and identification cards.
“The woman denied that the package was hers before her call was supposedly transferred to the Sabah police headquarters for her to make a police report, ” he said in a statement.