FBI has received a record 1 million complaints related to online scams and investment frauds in the last 14 months. It took the FBI s Internet Crime Complaint Centre (IC3) seven years to log its first million complaints, but the most recent million just took 14 months, the agency said.
As schools closed and classes moved online during the pandemic, 72% of parents surveyed expressed increased concerns about their children s online safety. 123rf.com
PETALING JAYA: A recent survey has revealed that 36% of Malaysian parents have children who encountered online scams in the last year, as schools closed and classes moved online during the pandemic.
Google user education and outreach manager Lucian Teo explained that these scam encounters resulted in mostly negative outcomes for the children, from having their accounts hijacked to being coerced into giving up sensitive information like credit card details.
He also said that 52% of parents believe their children tend to overshare online.
Monday, 15 Feb 2021 03:57 PM MYT
BY BEN TAN
According to the police, the victim sent the money in 64 transactions to 10 bank accounts from July to December last year. Shutterstock pic
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JOHOR BARU, Feb 15 A 78-year-old man here was cheated of RM3.81 million after he fell for a grant aid scam using the International Monetary Fund (IMF) name through social media.
According to the police, he sent the money in 64 transactions to 10 bank accounts from July to December last year.
Johor Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Salleh Abdullah said the man believed he was cheated after he failed to secure the IMF aid grant as promised.
Arvind Kejriwal s Daughter Scammed; Loses Rs 34000 In Online Fraud Feb 09, 2021, 14:06 IST
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s daughter, Harshita Kejriwal lost Rs. 34,000 in an online scam. She was trying to sell an old sofa on a famous online website, and instead lost a hefty amount.
Such frauds are increasing day by day, especially with the sale-purchase online platform OLX, where even Harshita got scammed. A person lists their item for sale on OLX and most of the time they end up getting calls from scammers.
According to the police report, Harshita first listed an old sofa on OLX to sell. She soon got a call from a buyer and she finalized the deal with him. For payment, the buyer asked her to scan a barcode and said the required amount would transfer into her bank account. To ascertain authenticity, the fraud buyer first transferred a small amount into her account. Later a total of Rs 34,000 got debited from Harshita’s account. In the first installment it was Rs