MELAKA: A government pensioner lost RM20,000 after being cheated by a Macau scam syndicate, claiming that he was involved in an illegal money laundering case.
Student in Melaka losses RM84,600 after being deceived by Bitcoin investment scam that was advertised on Facebook. AFP
A female student lost RM84,600 after being deceived by a digital currency investment scam advertised on Facebook.
Melaka Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt E. Sundra Rajan said in the incident on Jan 5, the 25-year-old victim was by the suspect via WhatsApp and briefed about investing in bitcoin.
He said the victim, who studies at a private higher learning institution, was promised a lucrative return within 72 hours, and was instructed to register on a website between Jan 5 and Jan 8. The victim made several payments to five different accounts in stages to buy bitcoin totaling RM84,600.
Monday, 11 Jan 2021 10:13 PM MYT
MELAKA, Jan 11 A female student lost RM84,600 after being deceived by a digital currency investment scam advertised on Facebook.
Melaka Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt E Sundra Rajan said in the incident on Jan 5, the 25-year-old victim was by the suspect via WhatsApp and briefed about investing in Bitcoin.
He said the victim, who studies at a private higher learning institution, was promised a lucrative return within 72 hours, and was instructed to register on a website between Jan 5 and Jan 8.
“The victim made several payments to five different accounts in stages to buy bitcoin totaling RM84,600.
KUALA LUMPUR: Police smashed a forex scam syndicate believed to have been led by a bogus Datuk who had conned 629 victims of over RM30mil.
Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department deputy director Comm Datuk Kamarudin Md Din said said a Ferrari F430 and a McLaren were also seized from the syndicate besides three Mercedes Benz and a Toyota Vellfire.
“A series of raids were conducted in Klang Valley on Tuesday where 22 locals and two foreigners were arrested.
“We seized 22 mobile phones, one tablet device, 10 laptops, one computer, one hard disk, 14 books on Forex investments, 1,000 counterfeit US$100 bills, 10 real US$100 bills, 15 ATM cards, nine luxury watches, seven gold bars believed to be fake, 11 branded bags, jewellery and RM2,230 cash, ” he told a press conference at the Bukit Aman CCID headquarters here yesterday.
Two men arrested for offering sex services using photo of royal family member 09 Jan 2021 / 07:15 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: Two Nigerian men were arrested in Jenjarom, Selangor last Tuesday on suspicion of being involved in a syndicate offering fictitious sex services using the photo of a Malaysian royal family member.
The suspects, aged 25 to 31, who were posing as business administration students at a local college, were arrested at a house in Persiaran Saujana Putra Utama, Bandar Saujana Putra.
Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department deputy director, Datuk Mohd Kamarudin Md Din said the initial investigation revealed that an Instagram account with the username ‘vivi.an6939’ and owned by one of the suspects, had used the photo of a Malaysian royal family member to offer fictitious sex services, including sugar daddy and sugar mommy services.