http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/9/24/nation/4771324&sec=nation
There may be some fake cops walking around Penang soon. Be careful everyone, check their IDs first.
If in doubt, just go straight to police station. Make sure you get their license plate as well.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Phone Scam
This happened to a friend of mine. Also from an IT perspective it is very easy to emulate someone's phonenumber. With VOIP it's possible to you from any number pretending to be anyone. Be careful :
Lunch time today, female calling herself Inspector Wong (with handphone 014-3892523) said that my I/C has been used to open an account at Citibank Hong Kong. She very quickly went through a series of digits as the Citibank account number. She claims that Lam Hong Heng and Yip Chun Hong (not real name, just sounded like this) has used my I/C number to open an account in Hong Kong for money laundering. This is classified as a serious offence and I could be jailed for it. If I am not guilty, I need to call 00852 65252484 and look for Inspector Lau Tuck Keong (or Lau Tuck Keong Tuk Chat).
Called Bukit Aman and operator there confirmed that this is a scam. I asked how were they able to use Bukit Aman’s line (03-22626222). She said ‘Ini dalam siasatan’.
‘Inspector Wong’ called back twice. I told her she does not exist in Bukit Aman. She asked whether I was routed to her department to confirm. I told her ‘The operator said today there had been a number of calls regarding you, kes tipu’. She later gave me an address which matches mine and she tried to dig for more information. I kept quite and she hung up.
She later called back again and I spoke to her in English. She has bad English. For example, ‘What time you coming?’ she asked when she wanted me to meet her at Bukit Aman. I had her on speakerphone and continued working. She hung up.
So if you receive such calls, if you need some entertainment, then talk to her in English. If you don’t want to waste time, just hang up.
We speculate that she is getting all the information from a piece of application form.
Please be careful.
Lunch time today, female calling herself Inspector Wong (with handphone 014-3892523) said that my I/C has been used to open an account at Citibank Hong Kong. She very quickly went through a series of digits as the Citibank account number. She claims that Lam Hong Heng and Yip Chun Hong (not real name, just sounded like this) has used my I/C number to open an account in Hong Kong for money laundering. This is classified as a serious offence and I could be jailed for it. If I am not guilty, I need to call 00852 65252484 and look for Inspector Lau Tuck Keong (or Lau Tuck Keong Tuk Chat).
Called Bukit Aman and operator there confirmed that this is a scam. I asked how were they able to use Bukit Aman’s line (03-22626222). She said ‘Ini dalam siasatan’.
‘Inspector Wong’ called back twice. I told her she does not exist in Bukit Aman. She asked whether I was routed to her department to confirm. I told her ‘The operator said today there had been a number of calls regarding you, kes tipu’. She later gave me an address which matches mine and she tried to dig for more information. I kept quite and she hung up.
She later called back again and I spoke to her in English. She has bad English. For example, ‘What time you coming?’ she asked when she wanted me to meet her at Bukit Aman. I had her on speakerphone and continued working. She hung up.
So if you receive such calls, if you need some entertainment, then talk to her in English. If you don’t want to waste time, just hang up.
We speculate that she is getting all the information from a piece of application form.
Please be careful.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Woman falls for Facebook scam
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2009/9/3/technology/20090903162746&sec=technology
ST. LOUIS: A Missouri woman was tricked into wiring about US$4,000 (RM14,400) to someone in England after receiving faked messages from a friend on Facebook asking for help, police said.
Jayne Scherrman of Cape Girardeau wired the money through Western Union after receiving what she believed were several requests for help from her friend.
Police were notified about the scam on Aug 26. They believe someone took over the Facebook account of a Cape Girardeau County resident, Grace Parry, changed the password so she couldn’t access it and sent out messages saying she and her husband had been detained in London and needed money.
Scherrman said she received a message last Tuesday from Parry saying she needed help. Scherrman, a pediatric dentist, said Parry and her minister husband go on mission trips, so she didn’t think it unusual that they might be in England.
She figured they really needed assistance if they could only reach her electronically, and expected they’d pay her back quickly. She originally was told electronically they needed US$600 (RM2,160) for a hotel and taxis. Then she was told it wasn’t enough with the exchange rate.
Finally, she was told by a caller that the couple had been detained and more money was needed to help them fly home.
Scherrman asked to speak with her friend but was told she wasn’t available. She also got a name from the caller and tried to get an address when she realised she might have been scammed. By then, she had wired nearly US$4,000 through three Western Union transfers, she said.
Parry said another friend from Mississippi also sent US$600.
ST. LOUIS: A Missouri woman was tricked into wiring about US$4,000 (RM14,400) to someone in England after receiving faked messages from a friend on Facebook asking for help, police said.
Jayne Scherrman of Cape Girardeau wired the money through Western Union after receiving what she believed were several requests for help from her friend.
Police were notified about the scam on Aug 26. They believe someone took over the Facebook account of a Cape Girardeau County resident, Grace Parry, changed the password so she couldn’t access it and sent out messages saying she and her husband had been detained in London and needed money.
Scherrman said she received a message last Tuesday from Parry saying she needed help. Scherrman, a pediatric dentist, said Parry and her minister husband go on mission trips, so she didn’t think it unusual that they might be in England.
She figured they really needed assistance if they could only reach her electronically, and expected they’d pay her back quickly. She originally was told electronically they needed US$600 (RM2,160) for a hotel and taxis. Then she was told it wasn’t enough with the exchange rate.
Finally, she was told by a caller that the couple had been detained and more money was needed to help them fly home.
Scherrman asked to speak with her friend but was told she wasn’t available. She also got a name from the caller and tried to get an address when she realised she might have been scammed. By then, she had wired nearly US$4,000 through three Western Union transfers, she said.
Parry said another friend from Mississippi also sent US$600.
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