News & Reviews: scam
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Oct 05, 2022
Today, some media have spotted that Shopee Malaysia just made some changes to its ShopeePay. In the next few days, the FAQ said that the withdrawal function on ShopeePay will be removed from the Shopee app soon.
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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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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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Apr 23, 2022
The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) today warned Malaysians to be wary of a viral link related to a fake lucky draw allegedly organised by Petronas. It is believed that the link will take users to phishing website designed to obtain user data for illicit use.
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Apr 07, 2022
The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) today iterated that it has never sent an email regarding the 2022 Special Withdrawal application status to its members. This is after EPF members reportedly received fraudulent emails from irresponsible quarters claiming to be the statutory body and that they can check their application status via a malicious link attached to the email.
Shared on its official Facebook page, EPF reminded its members to stay vigilant and to not click on any website links that are suspicious. Furthermore, the statutory body also urged members to thoroughly check emails that they received before responding, so as to ensure that it is from an official channel and not a scammer.
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Mar 21, 2022
The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) today iterated that it has NEVER offered any schemes that reward members with monetary pay-off. This is after EPF members reportedly received fraudulent emails from irresponsible quarters claiming that they are entitled to a minimum of RM1000 reward if they worked from 2016 to 2021.
Shared on its official Facebook page, EPF warned its members to not fall for such a scam and to not click on the link attached to the email. Furthermore, the statutory body also stressed that it has never appointed or authorised any third parties to offer such a reward.
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Mar 17, 2022
The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) has today warned Malaysians that it has never appointed any third parties to assist in the recently announced 2022 Special Withdrawal. Taking to its official Facebook account, EPF reminded Malaysians to be careful with fraudulent ads by scammers that are currently widespread on social media.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that the government has agreed to allow for another EPF withdrawal of up to RM10000 for Malaysians under 55 years old. This would be the fourth EPF withdrawal scheme since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic after i-Lestari, i-Sinar and i-Citra.
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Jul 08, 2021
It's that time of the season again and if you haven't guessed - it's the durian season! That being said, scammers are apparently taking advantage of the pandemic situation since we can't go out but no worries. This is because Shopee Malaysia is working with the Federal Agriculture Marketing Authority (FAMA) to empower legitimate durian farmers and sellers via a Durian e-Fiesta campaign.
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Jun 28, 2021
In this short news, it seems that troublemakers have been trying to scam Malaysians from registering on fake websites regarding vaccination registrations. For one, they have been appearing on WhatsApp lately and here's a warning for those reading this news.
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Apr 15, 2021
While technology continues to advance exponentially, so are scammers looking for new ways to trick people. In this news, it looks like it just happened from the West on an Apple user by a "tech support" scam method that's not heard often. However, it appears that this tactic has been going on for years.
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