You just need a phone to become a content creator, but success requires novelty and effort

You just need a phone to become a content creator, but success requires novelty and effort

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — Every day we are “pushed” new content — depending on what social media accounts we follow — and as we look at this parade of new faces, nobody can blame us for thinking it must be pretty easy to be a content creator. After all, they just seem to be … Read more

Paris Fashion Week highlights: Teddies, kids and a phone ban

Paris Fashion Week highlights: Teddies, kids and a phone ban

PARIS, March 4 — Paris Fashion Week, which runs until tomorrow, has seen no shortage of eye-catching moments this week. Here are a few highlights. No phones?!? OMG! Fashionistas at The Row’s show were told they were not allowed to use their beloved phones, meaning entire minutes of their lives would go unrecorded on Instagram. … Read more

Warga emas kerugian RM173,500 diperdaya phone scam

Warga emas kerugian RM173,500 diperdaya phone scam

SEREMBAN – Seorang wanita berumur 66 tahun mengalami kerugian RM173,500 selepas terperdaya dengan sindiket ‘phone scam’, di sini, semalam. Ketua Polis Daerah Seremban, ACP Mohamad Hatta Che Din berkata, wanita berumur 66 tahun itu mendakwa pada mulanya dia menerima panggilan daripada seorang individu menyatakan kononnya dia mempunyai bungkusan meragukan, sebelum talian disambungkan kepada ‘polis’. “Mangsa … Read more

Seremban senior citizen loses RM173,500 to phone scam

Seremban senior citizen loses RM173,500 to phone scam

SEREMBAN, Feb 29 — A senior citizen here lost RM173,500 after being duped by a phone scam syndicate masquerading as a courier service employee and a police officer. Seremban police chief ACP Mohamad Hatta Che Din said the woman, 66, allegedly received a call from an individual who claimed she had a suspicious parcel before … Read more

Peniaga rugi RM692,500 ditipu sindiket ‘phone scam’

Peniaga rugi RM692,500 ditipu sindiket ‘phone scam’

KOTA BHARU:  Bimbang ditangkap kerana kononnya terlibat aktiviti pengubahan wang haram dan pengedaran dadah, seorang peniaga kerugian kira-kira RM692,500 selepas terpedaya sindiket ‘phone scam’. Ketua Polis negeri Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun berkata, penipuan itu bermula selepas lelaki berusia 38 tahun itu menerima panggilan telefon daripada pihak Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM), Putrajaya yang memaklumkan… … Read more

Ipoh police: Woman loses RM168,000 to bogus ‘Health Ministry’ officer in phone scam

Ipoh police: Woman loses RM168,000 to bogus ‘Health Ministry’ officer in phone scam

IPOH, Feb 10 — A 45-year-old woman has lost RM168,400 after falling victim to a bogus health ministry officer who claimed that she had taken several controlled medicines from the Penang Hospital. Ipoh district police chief ACP Yahaya Hassan said the victim, who works as a government agency officer from Taman Tawas Gemilang, received a … Read more

Housewife in Seremban loses RM1.5m to ‘fake cop’ in phone scam

Housewife in Seremban loses RM1.5m to ‘fake cop’ in phone scam

SEREMBAN, Jan 21 — A housewife lost almost RM1.5 million after falling victim to a phone scam, when an individual called her over the phone and claimed to be a police officer. Seremban police, ACP Mohamad Hatta Che Din said police received a report that the modus operandi of the phone scam involved loses amounting … Read more

Police: Retail trader in Melaka loses nearly RM1m to phone scam

Police: Retail trader in Melaka loses nearly RM1m to phone scam

ALOR GAJAH, Jan 10 — A retail trader suffered losses amounting to RM922,300.87 after falling prey to a phone scam syndicate that posed as the police. Alor Gajah district police chief Supt Arshad Abu said the victim, in his 50s, received a call from a suspect impersonating as Sergeant Tan, claiming to be a police … Read more