SHAH ALAM: A series of raids have dealt a significant blow to three scam operations set up within Selangor.
Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Shazeli Kahar, speaking at a press conference at the police contingent headquarters, said that the raids were conducted from Aug 11 to Aug 28, leading to the arrest of 39 suspects aged between 18 and 57 years old.
One of the scams involved convincing victims to work part-time by leaving positive reviews on a food website.
"Once the victims made their reviews, they would be paid a commission of around 70 USDT, credited into a cryptocurrency website. To obtain higher commissions, the victims were told to make payments to the given platform. However, once doing so, they would not receive the promised payouts," he said.
Another scam saw a syndicate targeting Singaporean victims to invest in bogus schemes.
"At the early stage, the syndicate members will communicate with victims via social media. Once they convince the victims to join, they will offer them investment packages that were controlled by other members of the crime syndicate.
"The packages were then found to be non-existing and bogus investments," he said.
