已婚网友一脚踏三船
女经纪被骗82万
更新: July 9, 2010 18:19
（新加坡9日讯）狮城已婚男被指在大马一脚踏三船，女经纪以为遇到如意郎君，被骗走12万元（28万令吉）。
34岁的女保险经纪从槟城拨《晚报》热线投诉，她在社交网站认识41岁的狮城经理，对方还飞到槟城找她。
两人相处一个星期成为情侣，她借信用卡给他添油后没索回，又帮他登记手机号码。谁知男友离开槟城后，在新加坡和吉隆坡等地拼命刷卡消费，前后刷掉30万令吉。
女经纪说，男友过后以继母生病、叔叔过世等理由，声称手头紧无法还她钱，甜言蜜语哄骗她。
可是，每月超过1000令吉的手机费和频频出现的陌生号码令她生疑。经追查后，发现男友在吉隆坡有两个女友。
“我还查到他在新加坡已经结婚了！我才知道被骗了，还背了30万令吉的卡债！”
身家被掏空、感情又被欺骗的的女经纪，毅然在新马两地报警。
外表谦卑其实烂赌
女经纪说，她根据手机账单上的号码，联络上男友在吉隆坡的两名女友，才知道男子很好赌，常常上云顶赌场。
“她们说，他一次可以输掉1万多令吉！”
她说从不知男友好赌，虽然男友长得不好看，但表现得很谦卑、有耐性，因此在短短一个星期就被他打动。
“他还说要在年底跟我结婚，看到我在槟城的租屋很乱，还说要买漂亮房子给我，事实上，他已经有老婆了。”
另2女友人财两失
女经纪说，另两名受害者也是通过网站认识狮城经理。
“她们比我早认识他，不但被他骗钱，还被骗上床，我庆幸没那么惨。”
女经纪，两名女郎投诉被骗走10万令吉。
Friday, July 9, 2010
Couple who tricked banks with fraudulent withdrawals arrested
Friday July 9, 2010
Couple who tricked banks with fraudulent withdrawals arrested
By M. KUMAR
kumar@thestar.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: A young couple has been arrested for “tricking” banks. They would deposit fake money into a cash deposit machine (CDM) and withdraw real cash from an auto-teller machine (ATM).
Within a month, they had withdrawn up to RM23,000.
However, bank officials got wise to their game.
Police laid a trap for the couple after bank officials detected the trick at three of their branches in Johor Bahru.
The man and his wife were caught red-handed.
Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department deputy operations director Asst Comm Rohaimi Md Isa told a press conference yesterday the couple committed the crime almost daily and, at times, would withdraw up to RM1,000 a day.
In another case, police arrested 21 people — most of them Africans — for running “parcel scams.”
The police also seized 13 laptops, 16 mobile phones, several bundles of counterfeit US$100 bills, and RM42,979 in cash.
The scam involves a syndicate member approaching a prospective victim to say there is a parcel from overseas to be delivered to him or her.
The victim would then receive a call from another syndicate member, impersonating as a customs officer, who would ask for some cash to be sent to a bank before the item can be cleared by the Customs.
The syndicates’ victims were largely single women in their 40’s, who they befriended via the Internet.
ACP Rohaimi said that this was not a new scam as there were 591 cases — with reported losses of RM16mil — last year.
“This year, there have so far been 253 cases with RM4.7mil in losses,” he said.
ACP Rohaimi said a Malaysian woman was among those arrested. They are all in their 20s and 30s.
They were picked following a series of raids in the Klang Valley over the past two weeks.
“This syndicate is responsible for 83 parcel scams, with losses of up to RM500,000.”
ACP Rohaimi said some members of these syndicates were also involved in “black money” scams.
Couple who tricked banks with fraudulent withdrawals arrested
By M. KUMAR
kumar@thestar.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: A young couple has been arrested for “tricking” banks. They would deposit fake money into a cash deposit machine (CDM) and withdraw real cash from an auto-teller machine (ATM).
Within a month, they had withdrawn up to RM23,000.
However, bank officials got wise to their game.
Police laid a trap for the couple after bank officials detected the trick at three of their branches in Johor Bahru.
The man and his wife were caught red-handed.
Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department deputy operations director Asst Comm Rohaimi Md Isa told a press conference yesterday the couple committed the crime almost daily and, at times, would withdraw up to RM1,000 a day.
In another case, police arrested 21 people — most of them Africans — for running “parcel scams.”
The police also seized 13 laptops, 16 mobile phones, several bundles of counterfeit US$100 bills, and RM42,979 in cash.
The scam involves a syndicate member approaching a prospective victim to say there is a parcel from overseas to be delivered to him or her.
The victim would then receive a call from another syndicate member, impersonating as a customs officer, who would ask for some cash to be sent to a bank before the item can be cleared by the Customs.
The syndicates’ victims were largely single women in their 40’s, who they befriended via the Internet.
ACP Rohaimi said that this was not a new scam as there were 591 cases — with reported losses of RM16mil — last year.
“This year, there have so far been 253 cases with RM4.7mil in losses,” he said.
ACP Rohaimi said a Malaysian woman was among those arrested. They are all in their 20s and 30s.
They were picked following a series of raids in the Klang Valley over the past two weeks.
“This syndicate is responsible for 83 parcel scams, with losses of up to RM500,000.”
ACP Rohaimi said some members of these syndicates were also involved in “black money” scams.
Malaysian victims in online scam
tuesday June 29, 2010
Malaysian victims in online scam
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Compiled by TAN SIN CHOW, LEE YEN MUN AND A. RAMAN
HONG KONG police busted an international online scam syndicate which has conned at least 160 people, including Malaysians, of some RM8.7mil, reported Nanyang Siang Pau.
Authorities nabbed 13 men, aged between 20 and 60 years, who were also involved in money laundering activities.
The syndicate, which has been operating for a year, is based in Hong Kong with several members still at large in China, Taiwan and South-East Asian countries.
Sin Chew Daily reported that police also seized 17 bank account books, 38 ATM cards, and HK$107,000 (RM45,000) during the two-day operation.
Investigations showed that the syndicate would first notify the victims in an e-mail that they had won a huge sum of money.
However, they would first have to deposit 1% of the winning prize money as processing fee in order to collect the sum, with one victim having paid up to RM1.25mil.
Malaysian victims in online scam
OTHER NEWS & VIEWS
Compiled by TAN SIN CHOW, LEE YEN MUN AND A. RAMAN
HONG KONG police busted an international online scam syndicate which has conned at least 160 people, including Malaysians, of some RM8.7mil, reported Nanyang Siang Pau.
Authorities nabbed 13 men, aged between 20 and 60 years, who were also involved in money laundering activities.
The syndicate, which has been operating for a year, is based in Hong Kong with several members still at large in China, Taiwan and South-East Asian countries.
Sin Chew Daily reported that police also seized 17 bank account books, 38 ATM cards, and HK$107,000 (RM45,000) during the two-day operation.
Investigations showed that the syndicate would first notify the victims in an e-mail that they had won a huge sum of money.
However, they would first have to deposit 1% of the winning prize money as processing fee in order to collect the sum, with one victim having paid up to RM1.25mil.
Cops bust SMS scam ring with arrest of 26
Tuesday June 8, 2010
Cops bust SMS scam ring with arrest of 26
KUALA LUMPUR: A notorious SMS scam syndicate tricking victims into parting with their money by convincing them that they have won cash prizes has been busted with the arrest of 26 people.
Police believe the group, comprising a Malaysian and 25 foreigners, was responsible for swindling up to RM6.4mil between 2006 and April this year.
The syndicate members, including two women and the mastermind, were picked up last week in a raid at a house in Taman Jen Loong and a condominium unit in Kuhara Court, Tawau.
Federal Commercial Crimes Investigations Department (CCID) chief Datuk Koh Hong Sun said police were still tracking two more members of the group, who went by the names of Wak Agos and Acoh.
“This group is actually part of a SMS scam syndicate we busted last year in Tawau,” he told reporters at Bukit Perdana here yesterday.
He said police also seized four laptops, 73 handphones, 41 account logbooks, ATM and credit cards and RM6,000 during the raid.
“Each laptop is able to send out up to 1,000 SMSes a day,” he said.
Comm Koh said the syndicate would send out SMSes to victims, “informing” them that they had won cash prizes from major companies such as Petronas, Shell, Power Root and Maxis.
“Once the victims responded to the SMS, the syndicate would then tell them that they could only collect the cash prizes if they deposited a certain amount of money in a certain bank account,” he said.
He said police were also looking into the origin of the numerous bank accounts used by the syndicate, which were opened under Malaysian names.
Comm Koh said those detained, aged 16 to 41 years, were being investigated for cheating under Section 420 of the Penal Code and Section 4(1) of the Computer Crimes Act 1997.
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Cops bust SMS scam ring with arrest of 26
KUALA LUMPUR: A notorious SMS scam syndicate tricking victims into parting with their money by convincing them that they have won cash prizes has been busted with the arrest of 26 people.
Police believe the group, comprising a Malaysian and 25 foreigners, was responsible for swindling up to RM6.4mil between 2006 and April this year.
The syndicate members, including two women and the mastermind, were picked up last week in a raid at a house in Taman Jen Loong and a condominium unit in Kuhara Court, Tawau.
Federal Commercial Crimes Investigations Department (CCID) chief Datuk Koh Hong Sun said police were still tracking two more members of the group, who went by the names of Wak Agos and Acoh.
“This group is actually part of a SMS scam syndicate we busted last year in Tawau,” he told reporters at Bukit Perdana here yesterday.
He said police also seized four laptops, 73 handphones, 41 account logbooks, ATM and credit cards and RM6,000 during the raid.
“Each laptop is able to send out up to 1,000 SMSes a day,” he said.
Comm Koh said the syndicate would send out SMSes to victims, “informing” them that they had won cash prizes from major companies such as Petronas, Shell, Power Root and Maxis.
“Once the victims responded to the SMS, the syndicate would then tell them that they could only collect the cash prizes if they deposited a certain amount of money in a certain bank account,” he said.
He said police were also looking into the origin of the numerous bank accounts used by the syndicate, which were opened under Malaysian names.
Comm Koh said those detained, aged 16 to 41 years, were being investigated for cheating under Section 420 of the Penal Code and Section 4(1) of the Computer Crimes Act 1997.
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Cops start probe into RM1.2mil scam
Sunday June 6, 2010
Cops start probe into RM1.2mil scam
By RACHAEL KAM
rachael@thestar.com.my
PETALING JAYA: The federal commercial crime division in Bukit Perdana is investigating the case of a “British” man who cheated a housewife of RM1.2mil.
MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Michael Chong said the division had collected all information pertaining to the complaint from him yesterday.
The information included a police report made by the housewife in Sabah, bank slips of deposits she had made into some local bank accounts and a copy of an anti-money laundering “certificate.”
Chong, who had highlighted the case at a press conference on Thursday, said police would be getting a detailed statement from the housewife.
“The conman is probably working with some locals,” he said yesterday.
The housewife, known only as Madam Lee, lodged a complaint with Chong last week that a man claiming to be a British offshore engineer named Jeff Brian Manik, whom she had befriended over the Internet last year, had cheated her of RM1.2mil.
She said a man claiming to be Manik’s agent told her Manik wanted to invest in property in Malaysia and needed her help to handle the transfer of £2.5mil (RM11.8mil) for the transaction.
She was given an anti-money laundering certificate purportedly issued by the the National Drug and Law Enforcement Agency of United Kingdom clearing the £2.5mil to be transferred to Lee from Britain.
Chong said the certificate was a ridiculous piece of document containing spelling/typographical mistakes.
These included the word enforcement being spelt as “enforement,” agency as “ageny,” British pound as “British paund” and expiry became “exptring.”
“I advise all, especially women, to be more alert and always be suspicious of someone who we befriend on the Internet and demands money or more than that,” said Chong.
Cops start probe into RM1.2mil scam
By RACHAEL KAM
rachael@thestar.com.my
PETALING JAYA: The federal commercial crime division in Bukit Perdana is investigating the case of a “British” man who cheated a housewife of RM1.2mil.
MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Michael Chong said the division had collected all information pertaining to the complaint from him yesterday.
The information included a police report made by the housewife in Sabah, bank slips of deposits she had made into some local bank accounts and a copy of an anti-money laundering “certificate.”
Chong, who had highlighted the case at a press conference on Thursday, said police would be getting a detailed statement from the housewife.
“The conman is probably working with some locals,” he said yesterday.
The housewife, known only as Madam Lee, lodged a complaint with Chong last week that a man claiming to be a British offshore engineer named Jeff Brian Manik, whom she had befriended over the Internet last year, had cheated her of RM1.2mil.
She said a man claiming to be Manik’s agent told her Manik wanted to invest in property in Malaysia and needed her help to handle the transfer of £2.5mil (RM11.8mil) for the transaction.
She was given an anti-money laundering certificate purportedly issued by the the National Drug and Law Enforcement Agency of United Kingdom clearing the £2.5mil to be transferred to Lee from Britain.
Chong said the certificate was a ridiculous piece of document containing spelling/typographical mistakes.
These included the word enforcement being spelt as “enforement,” agency as “ageny,” British pound as “British paund” and expiry became “exptring.”
“I advise all, especially women, to be more alert and always be suspicious of someone who we befriend on the Internet and demands money or more than that,” said Chong.
Woman’s Facebook love scam exposed
Friday June 25, 2010
Woman’s Facebook love scam exposed
AS many as 10 men were cheated of their love and money by a woman going by the name Sai Sailani in an Internet love scam, Harian Metro reported.
The newspaper interviews a victim known as Suresh, who related how he was cheated of RM1,600 after befriending Sai Sailani on the Facebook social networking site.
The 28-year-old was attracted to her profile picture and the two became Internet friends.
“She was good at sweet-talking and I fell head over heels after a few weeks of communication,” he said.
The victim allegedly transferred RM1,600 into the woman’s bank account after she told him of her pressing financial condition in supporting an ailing father.
“I really loved her and believed that she needed the money,” he added.
The woman’s ploy was exposed when another victim, Jaya, grew suspicious upon spotting an inconsistency in her Facebook identity and the bank account number that she had given to him.
Jaya, 32, said he confronted the woman at her office after doing some checking.
“I was shocked to discover that she did not look anything like the photos that she had posted on her Facebook page,” he said.
“She was fat and unattractive, a sharp contrast from her sexy profile photos.”
The victim lodged a report at the Dang Wangi police station.
> In another report, Berita Harian said a peeping Tom in Kuantan was fined RM100.
The father of five was reported to have peeped at a 25-year-old woman at Taman Jasmin here on June 21.
The man, Eddy Che Din, was brought to a magistrate’s court and pleaded guilty to the charge.
The 44-year-old told the court that it was his first time in committing such an offence and promised not to repeat it. Magistrate Nor Zaihan Mohamed Ali fined him RM100 or three weeks’ jail in default.
Woman’s Facebook love scam exposed
AS many as 10 men were cheated of their love and money by a woman going by the name Sai Sailani in an Internet love scam, Harian Metro reported.
The newspaper interviews a victim known as Suresh, who related how he was cheated of RM1,600 after befriending Sai Sailani on the Facebook social networking site.
The 28-year-old was attracted to her profile picture and the two became Internet friends.
“She was good at sweet-talking and I fell head over heels after a few weeks of communication,” he said.
The victim allegedly transferred RM1,600 into the woman’s bank account after she told him of her pressing financial condition in supporting an ailing father.
“I really loved her and believed that she needed the money,” he added.
The woman’s ploy was exposed when another victim, Jaya, grew suspicious upon spotting an inconsistency in her Facebook identity and the bank account number that she had given to him.
Jaya, 32, said he confronted the woman at her office after doing some checking.
“I was shocked to discover that she did not look anything like the photos that she had posted on her Facebook page,” he said.
“She was fat and unattractive, a sharp contrast from her sexy profile photos.”
The victim lodged a report at the Dang Wangi police station.
> In another report, Berita Harian said a peeping Tom in Kuantan was fined RM100.
The father of five was reported to have peeped at a 25-year-old woman at Taman Jasmin here on June 21.
The man, Eddy Che Din, was brought to a magistrate’s court and pleaded guilty to the charge.
The 44-year-old told the court that it was his first time in committing such an offence and promised not to repeat it. Magistrate Nor Zaihan Mohamed Ali fined him RM100 or three weeks’ jail in default.
Man City deny scam link
Wednesday July 7, 2010
Man City deny scam link
LONDON: Premier League side Manchester City issued a strong statement on Monday, denying any involvement in an alleged scam involving fraudsters posing as FIFA-licensed football agents.
“It has been brought to Manchester City’s attention that a number of aspiring young footballers have regrettably fallen victim to a chain scam that is currently circulating worldwide,” said the statement.
The con sees the fraudsters, posing as agents, offering young players the chance of a trial with a club in exchange for money. The statement claims that “a number” of Premier League clubs have been involved.
“Manchester City would like to make it clear that we are in no way affiliated to the scheme. The club’s academy have never and will never operate in this manner.”
City finished fifth in the Premier League last season. — AFP
Man City deny scam link
LONDON: Premier League side Manchester City issued a strong statement on Monday, denying any involvement in an alleged scam involving fraudsters posing as FIFA-licensed football agents.
“It has been brought to Manchester City’s attention that a number of aspiring young footballers have regrettably fallen victim to a chain scam that is currently circulating worldwide,” said the statement.
The con sees the fraudsters, posing as agents, offering young players the chance of a trial with a club in exchange for money. The statement claims that “a number” of Premier League clubs have been involved.
“Manchester City would like to make it clear that we are in no way affiliated to the scheme. The club’s academy have never and will never operate in this manner.”
City finished fifth in the Premier League last season. — AFP
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