Beware & Protect Yourself 08 (Feb 24 - Dec 25)

[winston]

Elderly woman loses RM800,000 in digital investment

The senior citizen was duped when she was attracted to the investment return in digital coins which was purportedly operated by a company called Accerx based in Hong Kong via Facebook.

"The victim then clicked on a link before her phone number was automatically added to the WhatsApp group 'X-4 Beacon of the stock market.

Source: Bernama

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/ ... investment

[behappyalways]

'Next time it's fire': Man in Singapore gets Johor home splashed with paint by loan sharks after making enquiry online
https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/next- ... ter-making

[winston]

‘It’ll never happen to me’: psychologist tells why people fall for scams

by Sankita Jayanandan

Tendency to fall prey to scams could be attributed to what is known as the “self-serving bias”, where people believe they are somehow immune to such threats.

Factors such as greed and sunk costs also play a part in people falling for schemes that are “too good to be true.

Source: FMT

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/categ ... for-scams/

[winston]

Deepfake Video Call Scams Global Firm out of $26 Million: SCMP

By Jeanny Yu

A multinational company lost HK$200 million ($26 million) after scammers fooled its employees in Hong Kong with a fake group video call created using deepfake technology, according to the South China Morning Post.

Source: Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... llion-scmp

[behappyalways]

The price difference is more than 30,000! 77 grams gold scale 62 grams Lu "Black-hearted ghost scale"
價差3萬多! 77克黃金秤62克 陸「黑心鬼秤」被踢爆｜TVBS新聞
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o-AEApsQYcM


Birthdays, names of relatives and friends, team support, etc. are all easy to crack!
The 15 most common passwords in the world in 2024 "123456" won the first place.
It has been used by more than 2.5 million people.
It is easy to crack by typing "Qwerty" on the keyboard.
生日.親友姓名.支持球隊等都很容易被破解! 2024全球最常見15組密碼 "123456"勇奪第一 曾逾250萬人使用 鍵盤順著敲"Qwerty"易破解│【國際大現場】20240126│三立新聞台
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fc5pj0gcOv8

[winston]

Company director loses RM11mil to crypto-investment scam

A company director lost RM11,130,123 in a cryptocurrency investment scheme called 'CCERX' advertised on Facebook last September.

Since last November, police had received 124 reports from victims of investment fraud nationwide involving a total loss of RM90,364,463.

Source: Bernama

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

[behappyalways]

Scam derived from the imbalance between men and women!
Offline blind date payment is extremely expensive "Yin Yang Menu" defrauds men who want to get married

男女失衡衍生詐騙!線下相親買單爆貴「陰陽菜單」騙想婚男｜TVBS新聞

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UkMiPwtWOkc

[behappyalways]

90 pct of Malaysia's honey sold is fake
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2024 ... e_vignette


Are there no good products in Chinese copycats? A large number of fake famous brands from China are flowing into South Korea: Carcinogens exceed the legal limit by 930 times. Fake earrings and bags contain cadmium and lead and the carcinogens exceed the legal limit by 930 times.
中國山寨沒好貨？中國假名牌大量流入 南韓:致癌物超標930倍 耳環.包包假貨含鎘.鉛 致癌物超標930倍│記者 劉玨妤│【國際大現場】20240205│三立新聞台
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6rO3zPFdcEs

[winston]

Woman loses RM168,400 to fake health ministry officer in phone scam

By MANJIT KAUR

A 45-year-old woman lost RM168,400 after falling victim to a fake health ministry officer who claimed she had taken several controlled medicines from the Penang Hospital.

Source: The Star

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

[winston]

Businessman loses RM688,300 to investment scam

The businessman, in his 50s, became interested after seeing an advertisement on Facebook in October last year.

“The victim was given investment-related information through a link and the website, and the victim could make transactions and view Bursa Malaysia’s graph movement statistics”.

Source: The Star

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