News about scam

KUANTAN (May 20): A 67-year-old manager of a property valuation company in Temerloh lost more than RM505,000 after falling victim to a non-existent share investment scheme advertised on Facebook.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 30): Renting out residential property carries inherent responsibilities for owners, particularly in ensuring that units are used for lawful and intended purposes.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 30): Rental scams in Malaysia are on the rise, but despite reports made, victims have shared that they see no tangible action to either recover their losses nor stem the criminal activities.

IIB also called upon members of the public to frequently check the Amaran Scam Facebook page by Bank Negara Malaysia, as well as Cyber Crime Alert and Semak Mule by the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) for the latest updates.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp) yesterday warned of an email scam involving persons posing as the company's officers and falsely giving the impression that the company bearing the name Berjaya Investments Bhd is affiliated to the BCorp group.

PUTRAJAYA (April 27): The Federal Court today ordered the release of a businessman implicated in the Macau scam and online gambling activities, Datuk Zaidi Kanapiah or better known as Datuk Addy Kanna, and two cops who were detained under the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (PoCA).

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 5): Were the two top executives of the Abu Dhabi wealth fund implicated in the 1MDB scandal convicted and jailed two days ago in the United Arab Emirates? According a Feb 3 news report by the Khaleej Times, the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court had sentenced a former senior management executive of a government-owned company and its chief executive officer (CEO) to 15 years in prison for money laundering.

SHAH ALAM (Dec 15): A police inspector with RM1 million in his bank accounts is being probed for his “association” with Addy Kanna, The Star reported today Addy Kanna aka Zaidi Kanapiah is one of the main suspects in the Macau Scam syndicate and online gambling activities, and is currently detained under the Prevention of Crime Act (Poca) for two years.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 17):  “I don’t believe there’s any wrongdoing,” Low Taek Jho (pictured), the alleged mastermind behind the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scam, was quoted by Qatari state-owned news channel Al Jazeera as claiming in a series of telephone conversations he had with the former Malaysian government, led by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

PETALING JAYA (August 4): A 50-year-old marketing manager in Johor had lost RM60,000 due to a love scam, in which the scammer has impersonated her favourite Singaporean actor Desmond Tan.