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Within a month, they had withdrawn up to RM23,000.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.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Malaysian victims in online scam
tuesday June 29, 2010
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.
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
Perak Police Detain Seven Fake Money Lenders
Perak Police Detain Seven Fake Money Lenders
二零一零年二月十日 晚上六时三十八分
IPOH, Feb 10(Bernama) -- Perak police have detained seven men for involvement in a money lending scam.
Its chief, Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah, said that the men, aged between 19 and 48, were detained in Kampar, Ipoh, Kuala Kangsar and Tangkak and Batu Pahat in Johor between last October and last week.
Police also seized RM13,000, believed to be their takings from the scam, he told a news conference here Wednesday.
Four of them were from Tangkak, two from Batu Pahat and one from Kuala Kangsar.
The syndicate was believed to have been active since last May, he added.
The members would put up stickers promoting a money-lending service and when potential borrowers called, they would be asked to deposit 10 per cent of the loan in a bank account as deduction for interest or processing fee.
"The syndicate members would disappear once the money is deposited in the account," he said.
Zulkifli said police had received 100 reports on such scam since last year.
Police were looking for Sim Zeng Soon@Ah Soon 23, whose last known address is No 1082 Taman Tangkak Jaya, Johor, to help in the investigations.
Those with information can call ASP Ng Swie Chait at 055452252 or 012-3121632.
二零一零年二月十日 晚上六时三十八分
IPOH, Feb 10(Bernama) -- Perak police have detained seven men for involvement in a money lending scam.
Its chief, Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah, said that the men, aged between 19 and 48, were detained in Kampar, Ipoh, Kuala Kangsar and Tangkak and Batu Pahat in Johor between last October and last week.
Police also seized RM13,000, believed to be their takings from the scam, he told a news conference here Wednesday.
Four of them were from Tangkak, two from Batu Pahat and one from Kuala Kangsar.
The syndicate was believed to have been active since last May, he added.
The members would put up stickers promoting a money-lending service and when potential borrowers called, they would be asked to deposit 10 per cent of the loan in a bank account as deduction for interest or processing fee.
"The syndicate members would disappear once the money is deposited in the account," he said.
Zulkifli said police had received 100 reports on such scam since last year.
Police were looking for Sim Zeng Soon@Ah Soon 23, whose last known address is No 1082 Taman Tangkak Jaya, Johor, to help in the investigations.
Those with information can call ASP Ng Swie Chait at 055452252 or 012-3121632.
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