Latest News: scam
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Dec 21, 2022
The Communications and Digital Ministry (KKD) has advised the public to beware of suspicious calls in which irresponsible quarters are using KKD’s name to commit scams. The modus operandi of these scammers is to call unsuspecting victims and claim that their phone number is blacklisted for being involved in criminal acts.
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Dec 19, 2022
The Communications and Digital Ministry (KKD) has advised the public to be wary of a new scam that is being shared via SMS and messaging apps. The viral message alleges that RM900 will be credited to Bantuan Warganegara Malaysia (BWM) recipients via their Touch ’n Go eWallet, which is nothing but a front for a phishing website.
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Dec 05, 2022
With the new cabinet assembled by our Prime Minister Anwar, Ahmad Fahmi Mohamed Fadzil was appointed as the new Minister of Digital Communications of Malaysia. During a short interview, he said the first priority is to tackle the issue of online scams.
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Nov 15, 2022
These days, scammers are taking new levels to trick people out of sending them money. So as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance protection and security for its users’ accounts, Touch ‘n Go eWallet just announced that there will be five new measures to combat financial scams.
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Oct 28, 2022
The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has advised the public to be wary of a new scam that’s taking advantage of the 15th General Election (GE15). It involves giving out RM500 aid via a fake Touch ’n Go eWallet link shared through SMS.
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Sep 26, 2022
You would think that most Malaysians would know how to dodge a potential online scam, but according to the Malaysian police force, that's the opposite. Just recently, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani told the media that online scams were increasing instead.
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Sep 26, 2022
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) today instructed banks and financial institutions in the country to stop using SMS one-time passwords (OTPs) and instead migrate to more secure authentication methods for all relevant online transactions and activities. Moreover, BNM also told banks to provide more convenient ways for customers to suspend their accounts as well as immediately alert customers when any fraudulent transactions were detected on their accounts.
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Aug 19, 2022
Today, several Tune Talk users received a weird notification from the app itself. If you don't use Tune Talk, the message is notifying users that they have won double bitcoins which would raise some red flags. This has led to many users to tag the company as a possible hack in the official app.
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Aug 01, 2022
I'm sure some of you have received spam messages from unknown phone numbers. Over the weekend, the Cyber Crime Alert Royal Malaysia Police announced that there's a fake Touch 'n Go (TnG) website phishing scam going on.
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Jul 27, 2022
We have read and heard much news about fake items on online platforms now and then, but this one really takes the byte (#badumtss). According to Says.com, TikTok user @thesinghspeaks, Bilawal Singh (a computer repair shop owner) shared a video of how a customer of his got scammed by a Shopee vendor selling fake external hard drives.
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