InvestIdeas

The 70-year-old victim saw an investment advertisement based on stock trading that was circulated via WhatsApp around December last year.

"The investment promised a return of between 8% to 15% of the invested capital within a period of two months," he said.

Comm Hamzah said the victim was asked to download the "BIONM" app and register as a member before investing through the application.

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The 72-year-old company manager was attracted by an advertisement in early March and contacted the suspect via WhatsApp.

The victim was added to the WhatsApp group before being told to download an app and register as a new investor.

"During that time, the victim made periodical cash transactions to four different accounts totalling RM5.02mil.

The victim lodged a police report in Serdang after realising he had been duped when he was asked to make additional payments for tax purposes to get back the money he had invested.

He saw an advertisement for a stock trading investment on Facebook in February. He then began communicating with the suspect via WhatsApp, after which he was added to an investment group called 'Destiny On Your Hand'.

"In the group, the victim received detailed explanations about the investment being offered, enticing him to invest, as it promised high returns on the invested capital within a short period".

The victim was instructed to download an app via the link provided to register as a member. Subsequently, the victim made 12 transactions to three different bank accounts.

The victim, a 38-year-old living on Bonham Road in Mid-Levels, had listed the item on Carousell and was approached by a supposed buyer expressing interest.

The buyer claimed the payment would be completed online and a link was provided for the transaction.

The seller clicked the link and followed the instructions and later realised HK$800,000 (RM438,310) had been withdrawn from her account without her authorisation.

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To resolve the matter, the couple would intimidate and threaten the victims for as much as RM2,000, resulting in some of them agreeing to pay.

“I wanted to file a police report but the couple persuaded me not to do so, saying that they were rushing to Penang,” said Yim.

To ensure the matter could be settled without having to go to the police, Yim struck a deal and asked one of the couple to sign an “agreement” between them with their details.

However, after checking social media, she found that the details provided were fake.

The victim, a clerk, came across a stock investment advertisement on Facebook in March and later contacted a person claiming to be an agent from an investment company.

She was instructed to open an investment account on online trading platform MooMoo and made two deposits totalling RM3,000.

"However, after nearly two weeks without any returns, she was asked to download another app, MYCDTL, to receive the promised profits".

The victim then withdrew RM2,835.31 from the MooMoo account and transferred it to the MYCDTL account, along with an additional investment of RM2,000.

Between April and May, the victim made several transfers totalling RM109,000 into the MYCDTL account.

The man had on April 15 received a call from an unknown woman offering him to be a business partner who buys products from foreign companies.

"Having supposedly checked the status of the company, which he found to be operating since 1989, he agreed to take part.

"He was asked to download a mobile app SHV Shop that sells luxurious branded items".

"If someone wants to buy a product, the man would need to pay for it up front and he would get 30% in commission".

His first transaction of about RM22,122 was made through a cash deposit machine to a bank account of said company.

"Having received the return, he trusted the company and conducted online and over-the-counter transactions of about RM1.4mil into six different bank accounts.