Tag Archives: fraud

Forged will found out

From The Telegraph news portal, a story about a forged will: The partner of an antiques dealer found bludgeoned to death in her driveway has admitted forging her will in order to get full ownership of their £850,000 home. Robert … Continue reading

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Forged will

A 26-year-old case was resurrected at a Sessions Court in George Town yesterday, with a charge being filed against a man for using a forged document as the will of his late tycoon grandfather, The Star reported. Continue reading

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Inheritance scam

I was going through the Spam folder of my email account today, planning to delete all the messages that had accumulated since 8 Oct, and was not particularly surprised to see more than 900 of them caught in the spam … Continue reading

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Credit card liability: ABM’s affirmation statement

In case anyone’s concerned whether the newspaper report on the limit of credit card liability in case of a fraudulent use can be believed, here is a press statement that appeared on the website of the Association of Banks in … Continue reading

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Credit card loss: what’s your liability?

I know that it is an old story but since I haven’t posted it on the blog yet, this is as good a time to do so! The issue is the loss of a credit card and the subsequent fraudulent … Continue reading

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ATM bank fraud

Here is an interesting story from The Star regarding an ATM fraud. Can’t tell how widespread the problem is but judging from the story, it seems that several people have fallen victim to it. Such frauds are actually quite difficult … Continue reading

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EPF warns of new scam

There is a new scam in town, according to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF). Unlike past scams where members submitted forged documents to facilitate the approval of withdrawals for education, house and health, this new one involves real documents. A … Continue reading

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