IPOH: Police have arrested 18 Chinese nationals in two separate raids on suspected scam centres here and seized RM78,000 worth of equipment.
Perak police chief Comm Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin said the arrests were made at the Ipoh Hill Permai Apartment and a house on Laluan Tasek Timur 5 in Taman Tasek Indra on Monday (July 13).
The suspects are aged 26 to 45, he added.
"We seized electronic equipment, laptops and mobile phones believed to have been used for online scams.
"Preliminary analysis of the items indicate they were used for fraudulent activities involving financial instruments and bank accounts," he said in a statement on Thursday (July 16).
"The suspects are being held at the district police station here to facilitate investigations under Sections 420 and 120B of the Penal Code and Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63.
"We will beef up enforcement to combat these scam activities."
Comm Alwi advised the public to be wary of online investments offering unusually high returns.
"Never give away private banking information or make any transactions to unverified accounts.
"Information on commercial crime can be forwarded to the nearest police station or call the National Scam Response Centre hotline at 997 to help us prevent cheating cases," he added.
