7 April 2009
Kuala Lumpur
Six Nigerians, who are studying at a private college here, are part of a syndicate that has been cheating foreigners into applying for non-existent jobs at DiGi through the Internet.
The syndicate would send e-mail bearing the DiGi letterhead to foreigners from Britain, Pakistan, India, Dubai and the Philippines, duping them into job [...]
10 January 2009
Tawau
15 people including 2 women were arrested on Friday during a raid in Taman Masaic, Tanjung Batu, at 2am on suspicion that they were part of a syndicate that has been cheating people into believing that they had won prizes via the short messaging service (SMS).
The suspects, aged between 23 and 35 years [...]
8 April 2008
Penang
A group of seven men, including a Taiwanese, have been arrested on suspicion of short message scams involving at least RM1 million. The numerous scams were reported in Johor, Selangor, Penang, Negri Sembilan and Perak.
The scam syndicate would send short messages to victims notifying them of some prize winnings and required them to [...]
15 March 2008
Petaling Jaya
Two victims have fallen prey to SMS scams designed to cheat them of their bank accounts, losing RM200,000 in the process.
The victims received short messages on their mobile phones from the syndicate informing them that they have won cash prizes worth thousands of ringgit. Before the prizes could be credited to their [...]
11 March 2008
Seremban
Bukit Aman Federal Commercial Crimes police officers are investigating a bank employee for allegedly embezzling RM5 million in Kajang. The female officer had been working at a bank branch there for over a year.
The employee’s supervisors had found discrepancies in the bank’s accounts and an audit revealed that millions of ringgit were missing.
It [...]
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