New scam uses fake SMSes

Hardware haul: Comm Ramli (second from right) showing items seized from a scam syndicate at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur. — ONG SOON HIN/TheStar

KUALA LUMPUR: Fraudsters are using the wonders of mobile technology to perpetrate a new kind of scam via the short messaging service (SMS), says Bukit Aman.

Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the department was informed of the new technique after a telco sounded the alarm.