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Glossary of Scams in Malaysia
LHDN impersonation scamsRecent years have seen scammers boldly impersonating Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri Malaysia (LHDN), approaching Malaysians with offers of rebates for overpaid taxes or worse, threats of legal action for overdue tax. Impersonation scams known as...
Business Email Compromise Scams Are On The Rise
Business Email Compromise Scams Are On The Rise There has been a surge in business email compromise (BEC) or email account compromise scams (EAC) in recent years, causing losses of Millions of Dollars every year to individuals, plus Small and Medium companies. This...
Fake Indigenous Australian artworks openly for sale
Fake Indigenous Australian Artworks Indigenous Australians [also known as `Aboriginals’] settled in Australia over 50,000 years ago [some estimates say possibly 100,000 years ago] and created their own cultures that have unique aspects not found elsewhere on earth,...
Issues with Listening Devices – aka `bugs’
Listening Devices – aka `bugs’Technical Surveillance is the security industry term for that laypeople would normally call a `bug’ – essentially a listening device that can be placed inside an office, vehicle, room etc. The Technical Surveillance device can then record...
Spear Phishing Attacks in Malaysia
The integrity of Malaysian commercial and government computer systems continues to be threatened by the increase of spear phishing attacks by groups based overseas. Phishing attacks occur where mass emails are sent out to multiple users enticing them to click on a...
Bribery and corruption behind Football
match fixing in Malaysia
Online gambling on football matches in Asia has reached hundreds of millions of dollars each season – with the risk that those involved in making or receiving large-scale bets would seek to manipulate the results by threats or bribes of the players, managers or...
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