Internet crimes and scams

Second Malaysian arrested in S’pore within 2 days over scams involving handover of cash, valuables

The 38-year-old Malaysian man is believed to have used fake staff passes to dupe scam victims.

Jail for investment manager who helped criminals convert scam proceeds into cryptocurrency

On March 6, Jiang Desheng, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of assisting in transferring benefits from criminal conduct and was sentenced to five months’ jail.

How South-east Asia became home to the world’s scam farms

(FILES) This aerial photo taken on September 17, 2025 shows the KK Park complex in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township, as pictured from Mae Sot district in Thailand's border province of Tak. China is moving against the cyberscam tycoons making fortunes in Southeast Asia, driven by mounting public pressure and Beijing's desire to keep control of judicial processes, analysts say.
In 2025, a series of crackdowns largely driven by Beijing -- which wields significant economic and diplomatic influence in the region -- saw thousands of workers released from scam centres in Myanmar and Cambodia and repatriated to their home countries, many of them to China.
Now Beijing has turned its focus to the bosses at the apex of the criminal pyramids, netting its biggest player so far with the arrest and extradition of Chen Zhi from Cambodia in January 2026. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) / TO GO WITH Cambodia-China-cybercrime-diplomacy, FOCUS by Sally JENSEN

Over 9 in 10 pieces of criminal cybercontent taken down were scams: Online Criminal Harms Act Office

Online Criminal Harms Act Office director Marc E (left) and Mr Gijs Verheijke, Carousell's director of trust and customer experience, speaking to the press on Feb 19.

New prefixed number for calls from police among anti-scam measures to be rolled out

Government official impersonation scams have been on the rise, more than doubling from 1,504 cases in 2024 to 3,363 in 2025.

167 people under investigation for involvement in scams with losses of over $6 million

A total of 167 people – comprising 119 men and 48 women, aged between 16 and 73 – are suspected of being scammers or money mules.

‘Some are just kids’: Victims of alleged $700,000 Pokemon card scam band together for support

The products that victims had ordered were sealed boxes of Ascended Heroes, the newest set of English-language Pokemon trading cards released on Jan 30.

At least $13.5m lost to scammers posing as company execs on WhatsApp in Singapore since 2025

There have been at least 10 reported cases of such scams in Singapore since January 2025.

Cambodia claims its crackdown has halved online scam activity

Criminal syndicates are accused of running online investment and romance scams and illegal gambling operations.

Man wanted for alleged role in Cambodia-based human trafficking and scam ring arrested in Bali

Rifaldo Aquino Pontoh (second from left) was arrested at I Gusti I Ngurah Rai International Airport in Badung regency, Bali, on Feb 21.

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