KUANTAN, July 24 — A businessman lost over RM2.2 million in separate scams just months apart this year, after falling for fake investment schemes advertised on Facebook.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 — A businessman pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to 10 charges of conducting unlicensed capital market activities and committing fraud involving an RM3.16 million bond investment scheme five years ago.

KUANTAN, March 31 — A company auditor lost RM1.29 million after falling victim to a non-existent investment scheme offered via WhatsApp, said Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman.

JOHOR BAHRU, March 21 — An oil palm plantation manager lost RM1.9 million after being scammed into investing in a non-existent cryptocurrency investment.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — Police have detected five deepfake videos linked to investment scams, generated using artificial intelligence (AI) technology and widely shared on social media since last year, said Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf.

SINGAPORE, March 7 — Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has warned the public about the existence of deepfake images of him being used by scammers to promote products and services, including money-making schemes and permanent residence application services.

ALOR SETAR, Sept 4 — A retired nurse lost over RM1.9 million after being deceived by a non-existent investment scam.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 — The police have toppled a kampung (free range) chicken investment scam syndicate which caused over RM3.2 million in losses via raids across several states on June 26.

KUALA TERENGGANU, July 3 — A 49-year-old woman lost RM1.6 million after falling victim to a non-existent cryptocurrency investment scheme advertised on a website.

JOHOR BAHRU, June 17 — An elderly accountant lost more than RM2.27 million after being deceived by an investment syndicate promoting the purchase of shares through the WhatsApp app.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) said it has been made aware of another online investment scam currently circulating on WhatsApp involving the unauthorised use of the company’s name and logo, as well as the name of its president and group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tengku Muhammad Taufik Tengku Aziz.

IPOH, Jan 23 — A woman lost RM6.22 million after allegedly falling victim to a non-existent gold investment scheme since October last year, the highest loss due to scams in Perak so far.

TAWAU, Dec 27 — A businesswoman has claimed she fell victim to a gold investment scam involving over RM5 million, including investments from 300 other investors.

JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 22 — Two sexagenarians lost RM2.247 million to online investment frauds.

JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 11 — A trader and a company manager lost nearly RM2.5 million after being duped by a non-existent investment scam and online impersonators pretending to be the authorities.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — Eighty victims of an investment scam have urged the police to take immediate action against a Kedah-based company for allegedly cheating them of over RM11 million.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — The police have busted a cryptocurrency investment syndicate involving over RM50 million in losses, with the arrest of 40 individuals.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) through the Commercial Crime Investigation Department has detected investment scams that claimed to be Islamic and Syariah-compliant advertised through social media platforms using pictures of famous individuals.

MELAKA, May 20 — Police busted a syndicate offering non-existent cryptocurrency investment schemes with the arrest of 12 people, including two women here yesterday.

BUTTERWORTH, March 17 — The Sessions Court here today sentenced two United Kingdom (UK) citizens to six months in jail and fined RM100,000 each for deceiving two individuals in an online international investment scam.