Beware & Protect Yourself 07 (Jun 23 - Jan 24)

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Lust and love undone by scams

By NELSON BENJAMIN

The victim, in his 20s, was longing for a “sex date" and had downloaded the ‘Sex Dating App’, which was supposed to let him choose the woman of his dreams.But there was a catch.

The user would need to carry out some simple in-app tasks that would allow him to not just get the woman of his choice, but some cash incentives too.

In another scam, a teacher in her 40s withdrew all her savings, pawned her jewellery and withdrew her deposits totalling more than RM140,000 to help her “online lover”.

In yet a third, unrelated case, a grandmother in her 80s was duped by her own family members into withdrawing and transferring her savings totalling almost RM250,000 on the pretext of updating her bank account.

It is learnt that the woman’s grandson and his wife had taken her to two banks in Batu Pahat supposedly to update her accounts and got the woman to sign off on some documents.

Source: The Star

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/ ... e-by-scams

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Two factor authentication is not a replacement for a strong password
https://twitter.com/Mayhem4Markets/stat ... 4263625728

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‘Black magic’ women scammers

By YEE XIANG YUN

A 72-year-old woman, who was approached by three strangers at a wet market here in June, almost ended up handing them her savings and jewellery.

In another case, a 68-year-old woman named Ng was not as lucky as she lost about RM40,000 in savings and jewellery to three strangers she met at another wet market on June 3.

Source: The Star

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/ ... e=smartech

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How to steer clear of online scams while planning a holiday

Exciting destinations, cheap flight tickets, terrific accommodation – if it sounds too good to be true, be careful: it probably is!

Source: FMT

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/categ ... a-holiday/

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Beware of This New Airline Scam Going Around (One Traveler Lost $500)

by VERONIKA BONDARENKO

A recent scam to make the rounds has passengers dial a call center number that is not actually connected to the airline.

While confused about why she was being charged extra after getting a booked ticket, Chang gave the person on the phone her credit card out of fear that she'd lose the flight.

The credit card she used from JPMorgan Chase & Co to make the payment initially, did not believe that it had not come from Air Canada (the scammers had registered under that name)

Source: The Street

https://www.thestreet.com/travel/new-ai ... ost%2B$500)

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Only $4 left: Single mum loses $28k after phone gets hacked, realises she has 2 Chromes installed
https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/only- ... 1691643533

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People are losing more money to scammers than ever before. Here’s how to keep yourself safe

By CORA LEWIS and ADRIANA MORGA

The biggest losses were to investment scams, including cryptocurrency schemes, which cost people more than US$3.8bil, double the amount in 2021.

When approached with urgency, give it an extra three-second pause.

When someone is trying to get us to take action quickly, that’s usually a red flag indicating we should do the opposite

If you get a robocall out of the blue paying a recorded message trying to get you to buy something, just hang up. Same goes for texts – anytime you get them from a number you don’t know asking you to pay, wire, or click on something suspicious.

Romance scams

'Your account has been locked’ or ‘Your package delivery is delayed’. Again – just take a breath – and verify.

Never to click an unusual link in a text or email.

Some indications to be extra wary could include an unrecognised sender, unusual wording, or a tell-tale misspelling.

Any mention of payment with gift cards should be a blaring warning alarm.

Investment scams

Quiz scams

Marketplace scams

Source: AP

https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-ne ... rself-safe

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Bots Have Taken Over Nearly Half The Internet, But One-Third Of Users Can't Tell Difference
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/bo ... difference

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The most ruthless fraudulent park, Myanmar's "Kokang Old Street" revealed

最兇殘的詐騙園區 緬甸「果敢老街」揭密｜TVBS新聞 @tvbsnews02

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xORQCJ_ruwg

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New method of renting fraud in the United States

美國租屋詐騙新手法 駭密碼鎖假租房真詐財｜十點不一樣20230816 @tvbsnews02

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gnv9DReb-To