Don't be scammed

• DO NOT answer calls from 03-21788888
• CALL 1800 888 030 or email aduanskmm@cmc.gov.my to report scam
• BANK NEGARA'S number is 1-300-88-5465 (1-300-88-LINK)
• or SMS to 15888:BNM TANYA (your report /query)

Many fall for 'legal and personal' sounding tricks
PETALING JAYA: Nigerian scam e-mails and SMSes promising expensive lucky draw prizes used to be the norm but scammers are now opting for “legal and personal” sounding tricks to get gullible folk to part with their money.

Lee, (not her real name) a housewife in Seremban received a call from a man claiming to be a bank representative asking if she had bought jewellery from a store at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

“I said no and he told me to call Bank Negara and gave me a number to call,”

“I was greeted by a professional sounding voice automated machine when I did,” she recalled.  Read more

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Serious matter: (From left) Phang, Lau, Pheng and Gerakan Public Service and Complaint Bureau vicechairman Ben Liew Pok Boon at a press conference to hightlight the issue of syndicates impersonating Bank Negara officials at Brem Mall in Kepong recently.

MEMBERS of the public have been warned to be cautious about a syndicate whose members target victims by impersonating Bank Negara officials.

Jef Phang, 36, from Kepong said he received a call on his mobile phone from a female caller who claimed to be a Bank Negara officer. However, the caller used a private number.

“The caller had my full name, address and my mother’s maiden name. Then the call was supposedly passed to a customer service officer who told me that my credit card had expired.

“When I told her that I did not own a card from that particular bank, she asked me for my fixed deposit account and other bank account numbers,” said the businessman, who suspected that something was amiss because Bank Negara would have had such details.    Read more  ......  

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Press Release from IRB

Tax filing period is here again.
If you receive any email that claims to be from the IRB  requesting you to disclose your personal particulars such as your I/C no. or bank account no., etc., do not do so.

Please click on the link to read the press release by the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia.

click here ....