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by winston » Thu Oct 31, 2024 7:49 am
The data shows that nearly half of scams occur on social media platforms, followed by messaging software and third-party websites.
The top two online purchase scams are excess payments and chargeback scams.
by behappyalways » Sun Nov 03, 2024 11:32 am
by winston » Mon Nov 04, 2024 7:07 am
He was drawn to the investment advertisement that promised high returns and offered guidance for profitable investments.
He said that although he had been involved in the investment world for nearly a decade, he admitted that his judgment was clouded by greed, prompting him to click on the provided link and enter the chatroom.
"Later, I was asked to invest through an online platform, and I successfully withdrew a dividend of about RM5,000 to convince me. The platform displayed that my investments were profitable, but I could not withdraw those profits.
by winston » Thu Nov 07, 2024 7:52 am
It all started in May when he spotted an advertisement on Facebook that offered insights and short courses on foreign stock investments.
Out of curiosity, he clicked on a link and was promptly greeted by a person who introduced him to the courses, which were being offered for a fee of RM364.
He was then added to a WhatsApp group where lessons were conducted by several foreigners.
Wong said at first, the group only discussed matters related to the course and shared tips on stock investments.
However, weeks later, the scammers, claiming to be foreign institutional investors (FIIs), started introducing and encouraging investments in foreign initial public offering (IPO) stocks, assuring him he could double his money.
Wong said he downloaded the company’s application and what started with a RM10,000 investment led to him pumping in more funds until he realised he was being deceived by bad actors.
He later learnt that the scammers had cloned real-time foreign stock exchange webpages and created features that convinced their victims to believe they were managing their own funds.
“Having downloaded their app and transferring my funds to local business bank accounts were other factors that had me into believing it was a legitimate business,” he said.
“On record, my investment had doubled, but I could not make any withdrawals. When I questioned them, they demanded I invest another RM1.7mil if I wanted to make withdrawals. This is when I realised I had been fleeced.”
by behappyalways » Fri Nov 08, 2024 2:31 pm
by behappyalways » Sat Nov 09, 2024 7:44 pm
by winston » Tue Nov 12, 2024 7:34 am
The woman’s nightmare began in July when she got a call from a person impersonating a customer service officer from an online platform, claiming that she was involved in selling cosmetics online without the ministry’s approval.
“The suspects then asked the woman to transfer all her savings to accounts provided for safekeeping, which would then be returned after all her personal accounts were vetted by the authorities".
In an unrelated case, a 56-year-old businessman was cheated of more than RM370,000 in a bogus share deal he had come across on social media.
It is learnt that the man, who had befriended another man via social media, was promised huge returns if he joined an “international club” trading in Chinese stocks.
by behappyalways » Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:38 pm
by winston » Sun Nov 17, 2024 8:23 am
"The victim said she got to know a Korean man through the Tinder application," he said.
On June 19, the suspect promised to come to Malaysia to meet the victim once his visa application was approved.
"The suspect also claimed he had made several deliveries to her but Indonesian customs had detained the packages in transit to Malaysia,".
On July 25, an individual impersonating a customs officer called the victim and asked her to make several payments for a "clearance certificate" so the goods could be sent to Malaysia.
"The woman made a total of 25 transactions totalling RM86,841 into eight accounts," .
by winston » Wed Nov 20, 2024 8:35 am
On Dec 29, 2021, the 59-year-old victim registered as a member of a well-known cooperative in the country due to its active involvement in charitable work and sponsorship of religious programmes.
He said that as a member, the victim was offered participation in high-return gold trading investments managed by the cooperative’s subsidiary.
The victim was encouraged to make a capital payment for the purpose of buying gold and was promised high profits from the sale.
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