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Scam centres in Myanmar were blown up. Is it all for show?

An aerial photo of KK Park taken in September 2025. While the Myanmar junta says it has cracked down on it, only 13 per cent of the total area has been demolished.
An aerial photo of KK Park taken in September 2025. While the Myanmar junta says it has cracked down on it, only 13 per cent of the total area has been demolished.

Scammers in Malaysia using fake wedding invite links to dupe victims into sending money

The scammers would impersonate someone else and message their contacts to ask for money.
The scammers would impersonate someone else and message their contacts to ask for money.

Singapore orders Google, Apple to curb govt impersonation on messaging services

FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration created on April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration created on April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Yawn, another cyber-security test. Time to rethink them?

Cyber criminals grow more sophisticated. They exploit loopholes in human behaviour such as fatigue, distraction and making habitual shortcuts.
Cyber criminals grow more sophisticated. They exploit loopholes in human behaviour such as fatigue, distraction and making habitual shortcuts.

US senators call for probe of scam ads on Facebook and Instagram

The senators expressed scepticism about Meta’s efforts to combat illicit advertising.
The senators expressed scepticism about Meta’s efforts to combat illicit advertising.

Over $10.6 million lost to job scams involving online tasks, web surveys since October

Some victims received unsolicited outreach from scammers through WhatsApp and Telegram.
Some victims received unsolicited outreach from scammers through WhatsApp and Telegram.

OCBC rolls out in-app calls for retail banking customers amid anti-fraud push

In-app calls are significantly harder for scammers to replicate and will help customers distinguish genuine calls from the bank from fraudulent ones.
In-app calls are significantly harder for scammers to replicate and will help customers distinguish genuine calls from the bank from fraudulent ones.

Forum: Banks will keep refining safeguards to balance convenience and security

Cambodia scam ring: S’porean boss of car leasing firm held as US money laundering probe widens

The police are investigating in Singapore the activities of Cambodian national Chen Zhi, who ran the Prince Holding Group conglomerate, and the companies associated with him.
The police are investigating in Singapore the activities of Cambodian national Chen Zhi, who ran the Prince Holding Group conglomerate, and the companies associated with him.

How Chinese underground banks became the world’s biggest money-launderers

A branch of Prince Bank, a commercial bank under Prince Holding Group, in Phnom Penh. US authorities describe the Prince Group as one of Asia's largest criminal empires.
A branch of Prince Bank, a commercial bank under Prince Holding Group, in Phnom Penh. US authorities describe the Prince Group as one of Asia's largest criminal empires.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2025 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.