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BANGKOK: A new decree will require banks, phone operators, and platforms to share liability for online scams, set to take effect next month.
KUALA LUMPUR: Five individuals believed to be mule account holders were detained in connection with a forex investment scam.
JOHOR BARU: A 49-year-old man here has fallen victim to an online investment scam, losing close to RM540,000 after being lured by a fraudulent stock trading advertisement on social media.
Police have arrested 18 people and seized over $47,000 in suspected illegal proceeds in an islandwide operation last week to clamp down on money mule scams.
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.
SINGAPORE: A man helped recruit money mules for an international syndicate running a police impersonation scam.
The Singapore Government will consider caning as punishment for some scam-related offences, given the serious harm they cause and with scam losses here hitting a record high in 2024.
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: More than 200,000 online scam cases have been recorded in the last 10 years, resulting in almost RM9bil in losses.
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.
KOTA TINGGI: A 52-year-old woman has fallen victim to an investment scam on Telegram, losing RM105,600 after being lured by promises of lucrative returns.
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.
A Thai man who worked in an office building in Poipet has admitted laundering money for more than 70 call centre gangs, the police's Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) said on Monday (March 10).
Forty people will be charged in court from Sept 9 to 11 for their alleged involvement in scam-related money-mule activities.
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.
JOHOR BARU: A real estate agent here has lost over RM130,000 after falling prey to a cryptocurrency investment scam.
KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore's proposed anti-scam law may offer a boost in the fight against scammers, but Malaysia has already amended several laws to provide authorities with an edge.
JOHOR BARU: A 34-year-old housewife lost RM176,000 after being lured into a fake online investment scheme here.
KUALA LUMPUR: While Singapore is proposing anti-scam law may be a boost in the war on scammers, Malaysia has already amended several laws to give the authorities the necessary edge, says a cyber consumer group.
JOHOR BARU: A 24-year-old Malaysian woman working as a nurse in Singapore lost over RM40,000 after falling victim to an online love scam.
