Nine suspects investigated for technical support scams in Singapore where victims lost at least RM23.5mil

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Nine suspects investigated for technical support scams in Singapore where victims lost at least RM23.5mil
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PETALING JAYA: Two Malaysian students died in a car crash in Christchurch, New Zealand on Saturday (March 30), says the Foreign Ministry.

Since January 2024, the police have received at least 78 reports of such technical support scams. -PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: LIANHE ZAOBAO

The suspects were hauled up after an anti-scam enforcement operation between March 25 and 28 that involved officers from the Commercial Affairs Department and the seven police land divisions.Victims received pop-up messages on their laptops or desktops claiming their electronic devices had been compromised.

Once the victims logged in to their bank account, the scammers would use remote access to transfer money out of the account.

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