Showing posts with label scam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scam. Show all posts

Mar 23, 2011

Ditipu ‘tunang’ hidup-hidup

 





Oleh Ahmad Shahrul Nizam Muhammad dan Mohd Firdaus Ibrahim
am@hmetro.com.my

TINGGAL KENANGAN...barang  hantaran yang dihantar lelaki terbabit.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TINGGAL KENANGAN...barang hantaran yang dihantar lelaki terbabit.
KUALA LUMPUR: “Dia ajak saya bercuti ke luar negara sebagai hadiah pertunangan, tapi saya tak mahu. Sebagai pengganti dia menempah sebuah kereta Ferrari untuk saya dengan menggunakan nama saya.
“Sudahnya, dia ghaib entah ke mana dan saya pula diburu penjual kereta yang meminta bayaran pendahuluan,” kata seorang wanita yang bukan saja terpaksa menanggung malu apabila majlis pertunangannya Sabtu lalu dibatalkan kerana bakal tunangnya menghilangkan diri, tapi turut kerugian RM50,000 selepas ditipu lelaki terbabit.

Wanita itu yang hanya mahu dikenali sebagai Fauzana, 30-an, berkata lelaki terbabit berusia 40-an dikenalinya setahun lalu melalui laman web sosial, facebook sebelum mengadakan pertemuan buat pertama kali di Bukit Bintang, di sini, awal bulan ini.
Menurutnya, lelaki itu yang mendakwa dia kerabat diraja dan berpangkat Datuk kerap ‘menjual’ nama seorang ‘Tengku Mahkota’ serta seorang ‘Yang Dipertua Negeri’ dengan berkata seorang daripada mereka bakal menjadi ketua rombongan peminangannya.

“Bukan itu saja, dia juga menggunakan nama saya bagi menempah pelbagai barang kemas bernilai ratusan ribu sebelum menghantar gambar barang kemas dan kenderaan mewah itu melalui telefon bimbit kepada bapa saya.

“Dia turut menghantar pelbagai peralatan hantaran untuk majlis pertunangan kami ke rumah keluarga saya di Kota Bharu bagi meyakinkan pertunangan itu bakal menjadi realiti,” katanya.

Menurut Fauzana, lelaki terbabit juga mendakwa pertaliannya dengan keluarga diraja membolehkan dia menggunakan pesawat peribadi kerabat diraja itu bagi tujuan majlis pertunangan mereka.

Berikutan itu, bapa Fauzana berusia 60-an yang terpedaya status elit bakal menantunya mengadakan persediaan bagi majlis pertunangan Sabtu lalu, tetapi kecewa bakal menantunya itu menghilangkan diri serta gagal dihubunginya.
Berasakan dianiaya dan ditipu kekasihnya itu, Fauzana membuat laporan di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Dang Wangi, keesokannya.

Menceritakan lebih lanjut mengenai hubungannya dengan kekasihnya, Fauzana berkata biarpun pertama kali berjumpa pada 10 Mac lalu, dia percaya lelaki itu kerabat diraja dan berpangkat Datuk.
“Malah, dia juga berjanji akan memasukkan wang lebih RM15 juta ke dalam akaun saya sebelum memberi alasan gagal berbuat demikian kerana ada masalah dengan Bank Negara,” katanya.

Fauzana berkata, walaupun wujud perasaan curiga terhadap lelaki itu, dia seolah-olah tidak dapat berbuat apa-apa, sebaliknya akur semua arahan selepas diberi alasan apa yang dilakukan semata-mata bagi memastikan majlis pertunangan berjalan lancar.

“Ketika itu dia meminta saya menyerahkan kad kredit, barang kemas, wang tunai dan semuanya mencecah RM50,000 dan mendakwa akan membayarkan semula,” katanya.

Fauzana mendakwa selama beberapa hari bersama lelaki itu di Kuala Lumpur, dia seolah-olah berada di alam lain dan tidak menyedari apa yang dilakukan selain patuh arahannya.

“Malah, pada 13 Mac lalu, dia membawa saya ke sebuah kedai barang kemas bagi menempah cincin pertunangan bernilai lebih RM400,000. Dia meyakinkan saya biarpun barangan kemas ditempah itu menggunakan nama saya, pembayaran akan dibuat keluarganya.

“Saya langsung tak sangka tindakannya membawa saya menempah sebuah kereta Ferrari hanya lakonan dan helahnya untuk menipu saya. Mujur juga saya tidak mengikutnya ke luar negara, jika tidak mungkin saya dijualnya di sana,” katanya.

Sebelum lelaki itu gagal dikesan pada hari pertunangan Sabtu lalu, penipuan terakhir dilakukannya ialah pada 17 Mac lalu dengan janji untuk membawa Fauzana bersama ahli keluarga di Kuala Lumpur pulang ke kampung dengan menaiki pesawat peribadi keluarga diraja.

“Namun, beberapa jam sebelum waktu berlepas, dia memberitahu penerbangan itu terpaksa dibatalkan kerana tidak mendapat kebenaran untuk mendarat. Sudahnya, saya terpaksa pulang ke kampung dengan penerbangan biasa.

“Bagi meyakinkan saya, dia menyerahkan kad ATM (mesin juruwang automatik) miliknya yang kononnya mempunyai baki RM6 juta, namun sebaik tiba di kampung kad itu tidak boleh digunakan dan dia pula gagal dihubunginya sehingga kini,” katanya.

Fauzana berkata, dia membuat laporan polis atas penipuan dilakukan lelaki itu bagi memastikan tiada wanita lain menerima nasib sama.

Sementara itu, Ketua Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersial Kuala Lumpur, Asisten Komisioner Izany Abdul Ghany ketika dihubungi mengesahkan menerima laporan dan memberitahu siasatan lanjut dilakukan.

Dec 14, 2010

Dunia 19.02 - Laman bahaya dedah maklumat di Internet






NEW YORK - Pengguna-pengguna Internet tanpa disedari memberi ruang kepada perompak untuk memecah masuk ke rumah mereka, lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.

Bagi peringatan kepada pengguna, laman web terbaru, pleaserobme.com yang bermaksud sila rompak saya, menyiarkan panduan mengenai bahayanya berkongsi maklumat terperinci mengenai pengguna-pengguna Internet yang memberitahu dunia bahawa mereka tidak berada di rumah.

Laman itu diwujudkan tiga rakan baik dari Belanda, Boy van Amstel, Frank Groeneveld dan Barry Borsboom.

Ia tidak memberikan maklumat terperinci mengenai lokasi rumah pengguna-penggunanya.

Pencipta-pencipta laman itu sebenarnya bukan untuk membantu perompak mengesan rumah yang ditinggalkan pemiliknya tetapi mereka mahu menghantar mesej kepada pengguna-pengguna rangkaian sosial mengenai bahaya berkongsi banyak maklumat di Internet.

Laman itu diwujudkan sebagai percubaan untuk meningkatkan kesedaran mengenai masalah yang akan timbul akibat berkongsi mesej tersebut.

"Kami mendapati pengguna-pengguna terbabit gemar memeriksa keadaan kediaman mereka dan lebih buruk menyemak di mana kedudukan ahli-ahli keluarga atau kawan mereka yang merupakan perbuatan yang silap," kata Von Amstel.
 
Laman pleaserobme.com itu sebenarnya menyediakan panduan untuk pengguna melindungi butiran peribadi yang boleh dikesan oleh penjenayah di Internet.

Pada minggu lalu, Google mencetuskan kritikan banyak pengguna Internet apabila mewujudkan aplikasi rangkaian sosial terbaru Buzz yang didakwa mendedahkan maklumat terperinci pengguna termasuk lokasi mereka yang diketahui semua pengguna. - Agensi

Cyberthreats to rise as World Cup kicks off





KUALA LUMPUR: With Fifa World Cup fever set to start soon, football fans will be surfing the Internet for tickets, news and other information on the tournament. They make perfect targets for cyberscammers, phishers and malware.
Security solutions vendor Symantec Corp will be particularly on guard for malicious activity on the Internet relating to the competition which begins June 11, in an effort to keep the football fans and the companies they work for safe.
On its dedicated website, www.2010netthreat.com, Symantec will provide data, commentary, safety tips and useful links for football fans going online.
According to Paul Wood, senior analyst at Symantec Hosted Services, the tournament attracts more than one billion football fans worldwide and is becoming a theme for cybercriminals.
“Historically, any large-scale sporting event has shown an increase in all kinds of cyberthreats,” he said. “Phishing attacks increased by 66% during the Beijing Olympics in 2008.”
Also, Symantec warned, two undersea communications cables landed on South African shores last July that will exacerbate the threat levels.
“History shows that malicious activity increases in a country after new bandwidth is made available,” said Wood.
Symantec has installed additional network sensors in South Africa and southern Africa to monitor traffic and feed information to customers looking to take steps to secure their networks against additional threats.
“As an example, two of our configured partners in Africa have submitted unique malicious files that have not been seen elsewhere by Symantec,” Wood said.
Heads up
Much of the threat activity will not be new to the world of cybercrime — so-called 419 scams, spam and phishing attacks will face users in the guise of special offers for the event.
“The rule is, if something looks too good to be true, then it’s likely to be a scam,” said Gordon Love, Africa regional director at Symantec.
“Also, in all cases these days a cybercriminal is looking to steal a user’s personal information — identity details, bank account numbers, passwords and credit card numbers — to steal money from a user.
“The 2010 Net Threat site will aim to tell people how they can protect themselves against such attacks,” Love said.
Internet users must also be on the alert for new varieties of scam. “Attackers are even going as far as ensuring their fake websites or sites they have ‘poisoned’ with malicious code appear at the top of search results,” he said.
“Users tend to assume that the sites that appear first tend to be legitimate and may click on them without first examining the source.”
By the time the World Cup kicks off, 3.1 million tickets will have been sold. More than 400 million people worldwide will watch each match on TV. And hundreds of millions will be on the Internet, trying to stay connected to the popular sporting event.
Cyberattackers are always finding new ways of duping people into disclosing their personal information. Being well informed and alert is as important as keeping up to date with the latest protection software updates, Symantec said.

Dec 2, 2010

RM25,500 lost to Internet 'lover'




By Ben Tan

JOHOR BARU: Crime syndicates here are using the cyberspace relationships they have built through emails and social networking sites to cheat.

Police are currently investigating a case where a 47-year-old male lecturer fell victim to a syndicate that used an elaborate scheme popularly known as the "Customs Scam" to cheat him of RM25,500 last week.

In the case reported at the Taman Pelangi police station on Nov 17, the lecturer said he was deceived into forming a strong relationship with a British woman by the name of Linda Bells.

Having established his trust over two weeks, the woman wrote of an impending holiday to Malaysia and asking him to meet her at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

The lecturer said in his report that he went to KLIA, but his Internet friend did not arrive.

Instead, he received a telephone call from a man claiming to be from the Royal Customs and Excise Department

The man alleged that the British women had been detained by Customs officers at the KLIA for not declaring STG250,000 (RM1.2 million)

Following several conversations, the man said the matter could be resolved upon the transfer of RM1,500, which later ballooned to RM25,500, into a bank account.

The lecturer also alleged that he received telephone calls from people claiming to represent the Royal Malaysian Customs in KLIA as well as the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, saying he could meet his friend at the Sultan Ismail Airport in Senai.

He eventually deposited RM25,500 into the bank account of a Malaysian. He only suspected something amiss when his "online friend" did not arrive at the Sultan Ismail Airport in Senai as promised the next day.

He then lodged a report with the police.

Johor police chief Datuk Mokhtar Shariff said police had received many similar reports, including the latest email hoax on the late Indonesian President Suharto's alleged gold bullion.

"The public must not be gullible and fall prey to these tricksters. If in doubt, check with the relevant authorities," he said yesterday.

Mokhtar also advised the public to exercise caution when communicating and socialising in cyberspace.

"People must treat any unsolicited friendship through social networking sites and emails with suspicion."

Spurned man calls woman 'scammer' on Facebook














Debra Lim
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 18, 2010): A 26-year-old woman claimed today that she had been accused of being a "scammer" on Facebook by a man she once spurned.

Sammi Lam Sin Yee, a part-time real estate agent and tuition centre owner, was browsing through her Facebook account on Nov 9 when she found out that a man named Chai Hui Feng was spreading rumours about her.

Lam said that Chai had added her friends to his contact list and published a posting accusing her of being a "scammer" who cheated men, and one would use all kinds of alluring words to court, flirt and gain their trust for money.

Chai has also claimed that Lam had cheated her "victims" of about RM300,000 in Bahau, Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.

Lam is worried as her MyKad and car registration numbers were also published on Lam’s profile.
Lam suspected that Chai’s Facebook account was created by her insurance agent Simen, who tried unsuccessfully to court her three years ago and is now taking revenge by attempting to destroy her life.

"I have received (short) messages and emails from Simen before. He said he would not let me lead a peaceful life," said Lam at a press conference held by MCA Public Service and Complaints Department chief Datuk Michael Chong at Wisma MCA, Kuala Lumpur.

Lam said Chai has removed the postings about her after she lodged a police report on Nov 15.
Describing people who use the Internet to destroy other people’s lives as cowards, Chong said he would bring the matter up with Simen’s insurance company.

He said it is against the code of conduct for an insurance agent to expose a client’s details and would ask the company concerned to conduct an investigation.

Nov 22, 2010

RM300,000 lesap di Internet sebulan

 

 

 

22 November 2010

RM300,000 lesap di Internet sebulan

Oleh JUNHAIRI ALYASA
junhairi.alyasa@kosmo.com.my

BUKAN semua penjualan dalam talian merupakan penipuan tetapi jika pengguna tidak berhati-hati mereka menjadi mangsa. - Gambar hiasan



KUALA LUMPUR – Para pembeli pelbagai barangan secara dalam talian melalui Internet di negara ini mengalami kerugian di antara RM200,000 hingga RM300,000 setiap bulan gara-gara tertipu dengan sindiket perniagaan yang sebenarnya tidak wujud.

Presiden Persatuan Pembekal Kandungan Mudah Alih, Azli Paat yang mendedahkan perkara itu berkata, jumlah tersebut berdasarkan lima hingga 10 peratus daripada keseluruhan transaksi urus niaga yang dibuat menerusi pelbagai kaedah pembayaran seperti kad kredit, perbankan Internet atau bayaran secara bersemuka bernilai RM2.5 juta hingga RM3 juta setiap bulan.

Setiap hari, rakyat di negara ini berbelanja kira-kira RM100,000 untuk membeli pelbagai produk secara dalam talian di Internet.

Katanya, terdapat empat proses penting ketika pembelian dalam talian iaitu carian Internet, pengesahan atau perjanjian pembelian, penghantaran dan pembayaran.

“Malangnya penipuan sering berlaku apabila proses ini tidak diikuti. Kaedah yang salah ialah pembayaran dahulu baru penghantaran menyebabkan barang tidak sampai kepada pembeli,” katanya ketika dihubungi Kosmo! semalam.