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Company director loses RM1.25mil to love scam

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Company director loses RM1.25mil to love scam

KUALA LUMPUR: A 60-year-old woman lost RM1.25mil after she was duped by a love scam. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the company director lodged a police report over the matter on June 28. “She got to know a man on Facebook, who claimed to be … Read more

Scams in Singapore: How SPF’s Anti-Scam Command DSP Sindhu Dasan cracks down on scammers

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Scams in Singapore: How SPF’s Anti-Scam Command DSP Sindhu Dasan cracks down on scammers

“While scammers are innovative, there’s always a pattern we can identify,” the 38-year-old said.  The nature of the hoax is then shared with the public “to minimise the impact of those scams”. Some scams, such as love scams, are more complex, DSP Sindhu added. Here, scammers adopt a fake identity and pretend to look for … Read more