A syndicate believed to have stolen about RM250,000 from 12 victims via an Internet phishing and SIM card hijacking scam with the arrest of seven people by PDRM.
Those arrested included three foreign men – the mastermind from Sierra Leone and two others from Jordan and Pakistan – as well as a local man and three women.
Method:
1. Go to an Internet banking kiosk and upload a software that recorded the usernames and passwords of those using it.
2. They will come back a few hours later and download the data into a USB drive
3. With such personal information, would then go to telecommunication companies, posing as the victims’ friends, family members or as the victims themselves and claim to need a replacement SIM card after having lost their mobile phones.
Syndicate members would even produce forged documents to support their claims such as fake police reports, identity cards and authorisation letters.
4. With the SIM card, the syndicate would then be able to get the Transaction Authorisation Code which allows them to transfer funds into their own accounts.
The syndicate members were arrested in separate raids at a luxury condominium in Section 14, Petaling Jaya, and other surrounding areas on Saturday and Monday.
They also seized several computers, bank account books, laptops, USB drives, fake MyKads, forged police reports, router, credit cards and other documents.
All those arrested, aged between 20 and 27, have been remanded until today.
MOre info:
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/9/15/nation/9502438&sec=nation
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Money laundry call
reported in SinChew dated 09/05/11
A long distance call from HongKong claimed to be royal police of HongKong to the vicim.
The "HK Police" accuse / claim that the victim is involved in money laundering activities. To prove that the victim are not guilty, your bank account are required to be frozen and all the monies must be transfered to a "Secure" temporarily account of the authorities.
Alert:
1. Police in any country do not make phone call to detain suspect. The police will stomp your door at home to detain a suspect.
2. Always consult local police / authority / lawyer should you face this type of call.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Investment Scam
Reported in SinChew 23/4/11 In IPOH.
A group of villagers was cheated in an investment scam in Ipoh.
They were told to invest a lum sum of RM X into a scheme that breed ground Worm and to be exported later with a guarantee monthly return of RM y.
A total of RM 87k was cheated away, 20 person get guarantee return for first two months only. The middleman ran away after that.
Alert:
1. Do not invest with unauthorise party.
2. Always check with Bank Negara for such investment scheme
3. Only invest with BANK that have Bank Negara Licence
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Traveling Alert
Duped by credit card scam upon check in at Hotel
You arrive at your hotel and check in at the front desk. When checking
in, you give the front desk your credit card (for all the charges for
your room). You get to your room and settle in. Someone calls the front
desk and asked for (example) Room 620 (which happens to be your room).
Your phone rings in your room. You answer and the person on the other
end says the following, 'This is the front desk. When checking in, we
came across a problem with your charge card information. Please re-read
me your credit card number and verify the last 3 digits numbers at the
reverse side of your charge card.
Not thinking anything you might give this person your information, since
the call seems to come from the front desk. But actually, it is a scam
of someone calling from outside the hotel/front desk. They ask for a random
room number. Then, ask you for credit card information and address information.
Sounding so professional that you do think you are talking to the front desk.
If you ever encounter this problem on your vacation, tell the caller
that you will be down at the front desk to clear up any problems. Then,
go to the front desk and ask if there was a problem. If there was none,
inform the manager of the hotel that someone called to scam you of your
credit card information acting like a front desk employee.
If you feel that the tips are useful, please forward it to your relatives, friends & colleague.
Subject: International Airport @ X country
Folks, be warned and be really careful, check the items you bought and
give back what does not belong to you even when the shop assistants
claimed it's 'free'. I believe the duty free shop assistants would also
get a share........so, be very, very careful. Read below
My Dept. secretary informed on this. Her cousin was detained in Bangkok
for stealing a box of cigarettes in a duty-free shop in Bangkok
International Airport .
He had paid for chocolates and a carton of cigarettes. The cashier put a
packet of smokes into his bag and he thought it was a free pack.
He was arrested for shop-lifting and the Thai Police extortion price was
equivalent to RM30, 000 for his release. He spent two nights in jail and paid RM50 for
an air-con cell, 200-300 baht for each visitor, and RM11,000 for his
final release.
The Police shared the money in front of his eyes. On top of that, he was
charged in court and fined RM2,000 by the magistrate and handcuffed and
escorted to his plane.
His passport was stamped "Thief". While there, his relatives requested
help from the Malaysian Embassy and was told that they are helpless, as
Malaysians are victimised similarly daily and letters and phone-calls to
the Thai Authorities are ignored. He shared a cell with a Singaporean
the 1st night who paid RM60,000 for his release.The 2nd night was an
Indian national who paid USD70,000. Mind you this is not in a shag
downtown Bangkok but in a duty free shop in Bangkok 's Int'l
Airport. Please share this experience with all your friends.
You arrive at your hotel and check in at the front desk. When checking
in, you give the front desk your credit card (for all the charges for
your room). You get to your room and settle in. Someone calls the front
desk and asked for (example) Room 620 (which happens to be your room).
Your phone rings in your room. You answer and the person on the other
end says the following, 'This is the front desk. When checking in, we
came across a problem with your charge card information. Please re-read
me your credit card number and verify the last 3 digits numbers at the
reverse side of your charge card.
Not thinking anything you might give this person your information, since
the call seems to come from the front desk. But actually, it is a scam
of someone calling from outside the hotel/front desk. They ask for a random
room number. Then, ask you for credit card information and address information.
Sounding so professional that you do think you are talking to the front desk.
If you ever encounter this problem on your vacation, tell the caller
that you will be down at the front desk to clear up any problems. Then,
go to the front desk and ask if there was a problem. If there was none,
inform the manager of the hotel that someone called to scam you of your
credit card information acting like a front desk employee.
If you feel that the tips are useful, please forward it to your relatives, friends & colleague.
Subject: International Airport @ X country
Folks, be warned and be really careful, check the items you bought and
give back what does not belong to you even when the shop assistants
claimed it's 'free'. I believe the duty free shop assistants would also
get a share........so, be very, very careful. Read below
My Dept. secretary informed on this. Her cousin was detained in Bangkok
for stealing a box of cigarettes in a duty-free shop in Bangkok
International Airport .
He had paid for chocolates and a carton of cigarettes. The cashier put a
packet of smokes into his bag and he thought it was a free pack.
He was arrested for shop-lifting and the Thai Police extortion price was
equivalent to RM30, 000 for his release. He spent two nights in jail and paid RM50 for
an air-con cell, 200-300 baht for each visitor, and RM11,000 for his
final release.
The Police shared the money in front of his eyes. On top of that, he was
charged in court and fined RM2,000 by the magistrate and handcuffed and
escorted to his plane.
His passport was stamped "Thief". While there, his relatives requested
help from the Malaysian Embassy and was told that they are helpless, as
Malaysians are victimised similarly daily and letters and phone-calls to
the Thai Authorities are ignored. He shared a cell with a Singaporean
the 1st night who paid RM60,000 for his release.The 2nd night was an
Indian national who paid USD70,000. Mind you this is not in a shag
downtown Bangkok but in a duty free shop in Bangkok 's Int'l
Airport. Please share this experience with all your friends.
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