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A RETIRED teacher lost RM512,316 after falling prey to scammers who told her she was implicated in a money-laundering operation.
State Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Mohd Rosni Mohd Lazim said the woman, in her 60s, received a call from a man who introduced himself as “Sergeant Fairus” from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
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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.
Be cautious when dealing with strangers
December 20, 2020
KANGAR – The people were reminded today to always be cautious when dealing with strangers so that they don’t end up being victims of online scammers.
Raja Muda of Perlis Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail advised the public to always check or confirm with the relevant parties such as banks and police before sharing their personal information with strangers.
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“Never let others use your bank accounts and check before buying items (online).
“Members of public who fall victim (to scammers) must not to delete proof of communication with these criminals such as emails, short message service (SMS), WhatsApp messages, telephone call log and so on to facilitate police investigation,” he said in a statement issued by the Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIPs) today.
PETALING JAYA: A senior citizen here lost a whopping RM1.8mil to a Macau Scam syndicate.
Selangor Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Asst Comm Muhammad Yazid Muhammad Yew said the 66-year-old woman lodged a police report over the incident at the Petaling Jaya police headquarters on Friday (Dec 18). The woman received a call from a scammer posing as a Pos Laju personnel in April, informing her that she had a package with her name on it containing ATM and identification cards. The woman denied that the package was hers and her call was transferred to what she claimed to be the Sabah police headquarters to make a report , he said in a statement on Friday (Dec 18).
Compiled by CLARISSA CHUNG, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A MALAYSIAN who lost his job in Singapore is now trying his hand at becoming an agropreneur by setting up a bitter gourd
farm, Utusan Malaysia reported.
Mohd Lokman Kumasi, 25, was raking in S$1,700 (RM5,167) working as a manager at a fast food restaurant in Singapore but he was terminated due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The electrical engineering graduate was even more anxious to return as he had recently gotten married.
“My mother and I were in Ayer Baloi looking at a plot of land and on the way back we stopped by an agricultural project involving hanging cucumbers managed by local entrepreneur Nor Azman Mohd Erhan, ” he said.