Internet scam

KUALA LUMPUR: Accounts manager Chua Ming Choo opened a message in her e-mail informing her that there was some irregular activity occurring in her account.

The e-mail told her to click a link to her bank’s website to update her particulars for safer online banking.

Less than five minutes later, the simple mouse click cost her RM4,200.

Chua, 35, from Port Dickson, said she received the e-mail last Thursday.

Missing money: Wen Shan (left) and Chua (right) showing their police reports to MCA’s Chong (second from right) and Negri Sembilan councillor Datuk Dr King Lim yesterday.

She added that about two minutes after she clicked on the bank’s website, she received an SMS requesting a Transaction Authorisation Code (TAC) number.

Chua realised that something could have happened to her account and she called her bank to inform them about it.

“They told me they would block my account and I was told to change my e-pin number,” she told a press conference at the MCA Public Services and Comp laints Department here yesterday.

Chua said she then went to the nearest ATM to check her account and discovered the money missing even though she did not key in her TAC number on the website.

She lodged a police report on the same day.

Another victim, Chong Wen Shan, 24, from Teluk Intan, Perak, said he received an e-mail on May 1 informing him that his online services account was about to expire due to a database update on the bank’s system.

Chong said he was asked to update his particulars and being new to e-banking, he thought it was a normal procedure and clicked on the link.

He also keyed in his TAC number when asked and discovered that RM5,000 had gone missing from his account a few hours later.

Department head Datuk Michael Chong said the two cases were the first that he had received so far this year.

He asked Bank Negara and banks to be on alert for such scams.

“I do not rule out an inside job. Otherwise, how do these criminals know our personal details?” he added.

Internet financial scam

The star online 14.5.11
GEORGE TOWN: When college student Kang Ping Ping replied an email which he had been ignoring for several months, little did he know that he would end up RM10,000 poorer.

Kang, 22, a mechatronics student, said he had been receiving the same email purportedly from a local bank for the past three months.I replied the email on May 9 without suspecting anything until I received a call from my bank the next day.

Kang, 22, a mechatronics stu- dent, said he had been receiving the same email purportedly from a local bank for the past three months.
“The bank wanted confirmation from me about the transfer of funds totalling RM10,000 from my account on May 9 and 10.

“I was immediately taken aback by the call and told them that I never made such transactions,” he told a press conference at the Penang MCA headquarters on Jalan Pahang yesterday.

Kang said the contents of the email had looked very convincing.

He lodged a police report on May 10 and approached the state MCA for help.

Penang MCA Public Services and Complaints Bureau deputy chief Lim Thoon Deong said Kang’s money was found to have been transferred to another bank account under a foreigner’s name.

“The police are acting on the report and trying to locate the account holder,” said Lim.

He added that the account with a balance of only RM500 had been frozen.

Fake RM50 note, financial scam

Fake Notes of RM 50 in wet market.
Reported SinChew JitPoh 22/3/11 in Banting (Klang) wet market.

Banker's Cheque scam / financial crime

Reported in SinChew JitPoh 22/3/11
A group of syndicate created a fake banker's cheque / bank draft, and happily shopping @ electrical outlet.

Maybank2u.com Scam

This is how the Online Banking Scam happened:


Step 1
An Email sent from "Maybank" and seeking online banking users to update their profile for secutrity reason by clicking the hyperlink in the email.



Step 2
Users are required to enter Login ID and Password
The screen will pause for 10-20 seconds (this is to allow the hacker to save the ID and password)




Step 3
The screen will change to mainternance screen and seek users to login later.






Step 4
The Hackers wil login legally and transfer the monies out to 3rd party account.




This has happened 7-8 years ago...and keep rpeated again and again.




Alert:
1. Bank dont send email to your mailbox unlss you request a service from them via email
2. Bank dont seek your ID and password via email
3. Call the bank if you suspect something fishy.

Maybank 24H Call center 1300 88 6688

E-mail Scam of RM700 IRB refund

The Star: Tuesday March 15, 2011

PETALING JAYA: The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has clarified that it did not send any e-mail to taxpayers telling them that the IRB will return them RM700 in tax.

The IRB said that it did not issue the e-mail refund-payment@hasil.gov.my and told taxpayers not to click http://62.23.69.2/hasil.gov.my/index.php.htm which supposedly informed taxpayers that there would be a RM700 refund.

“The IRB wants to confirm that the e-mail is false and is a phishing effort by the unscrupulous who want to steal information and funds from taxpayers,” said Corporate Communications director Mazlan Wan Chik in a statement yesterday.

Members of the public are advised not to open the e-mail but delete it and not provide any feedback as requested in the content.

The IRB’s ICT Security Division immediately reported the matter to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission when the phishing activity was detected on Sunday and the site had been closed.

“This is the third attempt to cheat taxpayers,” said Mazlan.

The IRB gave the assurance that all taxpayers’ data and information were kept secure.

For enquiries, call 1-300-88-3010 or e-mail callcentre@hasil.gov.my.

Credit Card Scam

The snatch thief smashed the wind screen of the jogger near garden. Then took the credit card inside the wallet and replace another fake card into the wallet.

The owner will not notice the credit card has been replaced. And the snatch thief swipes the card happily....