KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — Fuelled by a global pandemic and social media, online fraud and scams are increasing and show no sign of abating, even as governments and communities step up efforts to increase awareness among the public.

KANGAR, Jan 28 — A sales clerk of a private company was fined RM4,500 by the Magistrate’s Court here today for possessing obscene photos and videos in his mobile phone last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — A food deliveryman pleaded not guilty in the Selayang Magistrate’s Court here, today on two charges of threatening to circulate an obscene video and photographs of his fiancee and storing them in his handphone last month.