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BALIK PULAU: Police arrested four individuals, including two men and two women, in separate raids on Tuesday (March 11), believed to be owners of mule accounts used in several fraud syndicates, resulting in victims losing a total of RM147,600.
BALIK PULAU: Police arrested two women believed to be mule accounts for a scam syndicate that caused victims to lose more than RM1mil.
KUALA LUMPUR: Close to 100,000 mule accounts used by scammers have been detected since 2023, says Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf.
KUALA LUMPUR: Five individuals believed to be mule account holders were detained in connection with a forex investment scam.
SOME 95% of online fraud banking transactions involving mule accounts were "voluntarily" authorised by the victims themselves, says Deputy Finance Minister Lim Hui Ying.
KUALA LUMPUR: Some 95% of fraudulent online banking transactions involving mule accounts were 'voluntarily' authorised by victims, says Lim Hui Yin.
SHAH ALAM: The "financial arm" of a scam syndicate is believed to have been crippled with the arrest of six suspects, including a Vietnamese woman.
BALIK PULAU: Police arrested a man believed to be a mule account holder for a syndicate of non-existent online loans that caused a victim to lose RM39,000.
KUALA LUMPUR: Recent amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) and Penal Code are expected to curb the activities of mule account holders, says Bukit Aman.
BANGKOK: A new decree will require banks, phone operators, and platforms to share liability for online scams, set to take effect next month.
BALIK PULAU: Police arrested three women and two men on Sunday (Oct 14) on suspicion of being mule account holders for several fraud syndicates, which led to victims losing RM180,962 in separate incidents.
KUALA LUMPUR: Online purchase fraud cases soared by 36.9% from Jan 1 to Monday (March 24) compared with the same period last year, with 2,328 cases recorded, resulting in losses exceeding RM19mil.
BALIK PULAU: A disabled person who works as a despatch rider was charged with allowing his bank account to be used as a mule account.
KUALA LUMPUR: Public Bank's scam prevention campaign known as PB Scam Ranger has successfully prevented more than 3.42 million transactions totalling RM1.65 billion involving more than 1.12 million customers from falling into fraudsters’ mule accounts as of September.
PETALING JAYA: The Higher Education Ministry says it will help out students who have inadvertently become victims of mule accounts, but those who knowingly commit the offence will be handed over to the police.
KUALA LUMPUR: Amendments to the Penal Code Act 574 and Act 593 to address online scams involving mule accounts are expected to be tabled in the next Parliament sitting in October, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.
SARAWAK folk are advised to exercise extra caution to prevent themselves from being used as mule account holders.
BALIK PULAU: Police have arrested six individuals, including a senior citizen, suspected to have acted as mule account holders for several fraud syndicates, resulting in victims losing up to RM106,030 recently.
KUALA LUMPUR: Four men and two women believed to be mule account holders were detained in connection with the "Kakaue" crypto investment scam.
JOHOR BARU: Johor police are investigating two separate online investment scams that left two victims — a teacher and a surveyor — out of a combined RM102,024.
