PUTRAJAYA, Dec 27 — Two Nigerian nationals pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate’s Court today to charges of online fraud involving a ‘love scam’ scheme.
SHAH ALAM, Sept 1 — A retired banker incurred RM1.98 million in losses after falling victim to a 'love scam' syndicate.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Twelve individuals, including a woman, have been arrested on suspicion of being involved with a syndicate carrying out online gambling and love scams targeting victims in the United States.
JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 28 — Two men have fallen prey to separate online job and love scams in Johor, losing a combined sum of RM495,520.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 — After losing his job at a restaurant due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Anthony, 26, could not resist a job offer as a gold seller abroad with a lucrative salary of up to RM10,000 per month.
KUALA LUMPUR July 12 — A total of 7,548 love scam cases were recorded from 2018 to June this year involving losses of over RM382 million with approximately 7,200 individuals reported to be victims.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) recorded Love Scam having one of the highest cases with estimated losses of more than RM365 million from 2018 to February this year.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — A local woman claimed to have suffered losses amounting to over RM1.4 million after meeting a 'South African engineer working in New Zealand'.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Three local men have become victims of the so-called Skim Bantuan Khas Covid-19, believed to be the latest cheating modus operandi that occurred late last month.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — A man was charged in the Sessions Court here today with cheating a woman clerk of jewellery and cash worth RM152,500 by promising to marry her.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 — A female clerk of a private company lost RM152,200 after befriending a ‘doctor’ on social media who promised to marry her.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — A total of 2,826 people were arrested throughout the country for being involved with 'Love Scam' syndicates between 2019 and April this year, police said yesterday.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — Five Nigerians suspected of being involved in ‘Love Scam’ and e-commerce (online purchases) fraud were arrested in a raid at Taman Putra Perdana, in Puchong, on Tuesday.
KUANTAN, Aug 5 — A businessman claimed to have lost RM295,950 purportedly by the act of his 14-year-old son, who is believed to have been deceived by a ‘love scam’ syndicate.
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