Selangor police cripple 4 online scam syndicates, arrest 41 foreigners
Selangor police chief Datuk Shazeli Kahar said they arrested 30 men and 11 women, aged between 18 and 48, and also seized about RM409,200, including cash and various electronic equipment.
SHAH ALAM - Police have crippled four online scam syndicates following the arrest of 41 foreigners in four separate raids on residential premises around Kajang, Seri Kembangan and Setia Alam earlier this month.
Selangor police chief Datuk Shazeli Kahar said they arrested 30 men and 11 women, aged between 18 and 48, and also seized about RM409,200, including cash and various electronic equipment.
"All four syndicates were not linked to each other, with each involved in different fraud activities, including fake job offers, non-existent investments and love scams.
"These syndicates are also believed to have been operating from January to April of this year, targeting victims from Europe, the United States and China,” he said at the Selangor Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) media conference here today.
Shazeli said one of the syndicates’ modus operandi involved the suspects acting as call operators who would contact victims before transferring the calls to other individuals to continue the fraudulent activities.
He advised the public to be more cautious and not easily fall victim to online scam syndicates, adding that the case is being investigaged under Sections 420 and 120 of the Penal Code. - BERNAMA
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