{"id":33714,"date":"2025-09-19T13:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T05:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=33714"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:26:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:26:52","slug":"milton-foo-advices-public-to-stay-vigilant-due-to-many-types-of-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=33714","title":{"rendered":"Milton Foo Advices Public To Stay Vigilant Due To Many Types Of Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A retiree from Kuching endured three weeks of fear after falling victim to a scam syndicate that posed as WeChat representatives and Chinese police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SUPP Public Complaints Bureau Chief Milton Foo said the woman was nearly conned out of her savings after receiving a call from Shenzhen, where the caller alleged she had registered a second WeChat account linked to fraud. The line was then transferred to a so-called police officer in Hangzhou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe officer appeared in uniform during a video call, sitting in what looked like a police office. He even addressed her as \u2018Auntie\u2019 and accused her of being involved in a RM2.6 million fraud case,\u201d Foo revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the victim was pressured into giving her personal details, signing a secrecy agreement, and submitting to surveillance through Zoom. The scammers later demanded RM200,000 in bail to prevent detention in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThankfully, when the conversation turned entirely to money, she realised it was a scam. She sought legal advice and eventually lodged a police report,\u201d Foo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Foo, the case highlights how syndicates have become increasingly sophisticated by using video calls, fake settings, and uniforms to deceive their targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo genuine police force will ever impose bail or fines through video calls. Once money is sent, it is almost impossible to get it back. I strongly urge retirees and the public at large to remain alert and verify suspicious calls with the local police,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MiltonFoo_002-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MiltonFoo_002-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33716\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:690px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MiltonFoo_002-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MiltonFoo_002-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MiltonFoo_002-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MiltonFoo_002-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MiltonFoo_002-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A retiree from Kuching endured three weeks of fear after falling victim to a scam syndicate that posed as WeChat representatives and Chinese police officers. SUPP Public Complaints Bureau Chief Milton Foo said the woman was nearly conned out of her savings after receiving a call from Shenzhen, where the caller alleged she had registered a second WeChat account linked to fraud. The line was then transferred to a so-called police officer in Hangzhou. \u201cThe officer appeared in uniform during a video call, sitting in what looked like a police<a href=\"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=33714\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33717,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33714\/revisions\/33717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}