JOHOR BARU: A company here lost more than half a million ringgit after falling for the tricks of a business email compromise (BEC) scammer posing as one of its suppliers.
State police Commercial Crime Investigations Department chief Asst Comm Mohd Salleh Abdullah said that the police received a report from the company’s representative on Wednesday (Feb 18).
“According to the complainant, the company had received an email from one of its suppliers asking them to make payment to a different bank account as there was a problem with their original bank account.
“However, after making the payment, they then received another email from the supplier, saying that they had not received the payment. The supplier also denied sending the first email or changing its bank account, ” he said in a statement Friday (Feb 19).
JOHOR BARU: A 74-year-old businessman whose printing business was badly affected due to the movement control order since last year thought he could reverse his fortunes by taking up a loan from an international body.
However, the “friend” he met via Facebook who offered to help him secure a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) turned out to be a scammer.
Promising the businessman IMF loans totalling US$900,000 (RM3.6mil), the swindler managed to con the businessman out of RM3.8mil as upfront payments.
It is learnt that between July and December last year, the businessman banked in a total of 64 transactions in the hope of securing the IMF loan.
JOHOR BARU: The police have arrested 11 individuals, including two Indonesian women, for being involved in a money game scam here.
Johor Commercial Criminal Investigation Department chief Asst Comm Mohd Salleh Abdullah said the suspects, aged between 19 and 28, were arrested at about 5pm on Tuesday (Feb 9) following a raid around Taman Daya in Johor Baru. Based on an analysis by officers in the raid, we found that the syndicate has been running an online money game scam for non-existent bitcoins. They would find victims through social media, where they would befriend them and gain their trust before convincing them into investing.
JOHOR BARU: A senior citizen lost RM107,000 after he was duped by a suspect posing as a US navy officer offering valuables supposedly seized from rebels in Iraq.
Johor Commercial Criminal Investigation Department chief Asst Comm Mohd Salleh Abdullah said the 61-year-old victim got to know the suspect who used the name Laura Anderson through Facebook. The suspect claimed to be a navy captain from the United States who had served as a nurse in Iraq under the United Nations. The suspects also claimed that she had valuable items such as money, gold and diamonds seized from rebels, he said.