Beware & Protect Yourself 07 (Jun 23 - Dec 24)

[winston]

Scammers use trojan horse virus to dupe 79-year-old SG man of RM605,000 of life savings

By ELAINE LEE

Source: Straits Times

https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-ne ... e=smartech

[winston]

Businessman loses more than RM200,000 of savings through malware scam

By REMAR NORDIN

Facebook Advertisement: I then came into contact with a Singapore registered number asking for my personal details and informing me that no payment was needed until the day I board the cruise.

“The person then gave me a link to an application to verify my order; however, after downloading the application, my phone suddenly shut down and would often turn off on its own,”

Source: The Star

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/ ... lware-scam

[behappyalways]

Chinese vendor uses "ghost scale" to extort money!
500 grams turned into 630 grams.
He was caught trying to hide the evidence and was forced to delete the video.

中國攤商用"鬼秤"敲詐! 500克竟變630克 被抓包還試圖藏證據 反逼刪影片｜記者 魏仁君｜【國際大現場】20240517｜三立新聞台

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4--WXR-nLlg

[winston]

What is vishing? New scam is making the rounds and you’re likely a target

By LEADA GORE

Vishing, short for voice phishing, refers to fraudulent phone calls or voice messages designed to trick victims into providing sensitive information, like login credentials, credit card numbers, or bank details.

Source: The Star

https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-ne ... e=smartech

[behappyalways]

The top five most common cybersecurity mistakes
https://x.com/Mayhem4Markets/status/1792892634102399087

[behappyalways]

Insect eggs and maggots are crawling all over the clothes.
Second-hand clothes are sold as new products.
A monthly income of at least 500,000 yuan.
China has launched a "live broadcast fraud"

蟲卵.蛆爬滿衣服 二手衣當新品賣 月入至少50萬 中國掀"直播詐欺"｜記者 姚懷真｜【國際大現場】20240523｜三立新聞台

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fgkbS3xc2Jg&t=3s

[winston]

Senior citizens lose half a billion ringgit to online fraud over 3 years

This involved 5,533 victims, or 6.4% of the 86,266 online scam victims recorded during the period, with overall losses amounting to RM2.7 billion.

Source: Bernama

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/categ ... r-3-years/

[winston]

RM300mil lost to land fraud

By FARIK ZOLKEPLI

A total of 489 land scam cases were reported in the past three years with almost RM300mil in losses recorded.

As of May 19, 74 cases had been reported so far this year involving RM60.6mil in losses.

In the latest case, a 69-year-old businessman lodged a report on the illegal transfer of ownership over three plots of land in Gombak on May 22.

Several factors have contributed to land fraud cases, including buyers’ lack of knowledge on land sales, not following procedures and laws, shortcomings of land office personnel, as well as mistakes by lawyers.

Source: The Star

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/ ... e=smartech

[winston]

New Hong Kong scams using bogus online customer service staff cheat people out of RM114mil in less than five months

By SAMMY HEUNG

Fraudsters posing as customer support staff at online service platforms have swindled Hongkongers out of about HK$190mil (RM114mil or US$24.3mil) since January, with police saying they have spotted an increase in cases.

“They claimed the victim had wrongly bought a chargeable service and, if the victim did not immediately follow the instructions to cancel the related service, they would be charged or their account would be frozen, as an excuse to coerce the victim into transferring funds and stealing their money.”

Source: The Star

https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-ne ... ive-months

[winston]

Singapore credit and debit cardholders report multiple unauthorised charges from ChatGPT, Apple

Source: Straits Times

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/ ... tgpt-apple