Online fraud syndicates using new scam tactics to fool victims

Fooling victims by sending them fake documents using images of arrest warrants or appearance notices bearing police logos is the latest modus operandi of online fraud syndicates, says Perak Police chief Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri.

He said the department had received two such reports, where the alleged documents were purportedly undersigned using the designations of the ‘Perak police chief’ and ‘Perlis police chief’.

"The first case is of a restaurant trader in Teluk Intan who received a call claiming that there was a parcel...