GEORGE TOWN, July 3 — A female stockbroker lost RM1.24 million to a phone scam syndicate that alleged she was under investigation for money laundering.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 20 — The Asean National Police (Aseanapol) will prioritise the eradication of scam call centres linked to trafficking in persons and forced criminal activities as part of its regional action plan this year, Plans and Programmes Aseanapol Secretariat director and police chief Nguyen Huu Ngoc said.

DA NANG, Sept 22 — Almost two billion suspicious calls and 581 million suspicious short messaging services (SMS) were successfully blocked from reaching Malaysian consumers with the assistance of telco service providers, to tackle the issue of online scams.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) blocked 1.8 billion scam calls from 2017 to last year, said Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — Members of the public are advised to be wary of scam phone calls allegedly from individuals claiming to be from the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (K-Komm).