I received an email from "eBay" by this member with the ID jprnds84 regarding an unpaid item. Yes, apparently, I bought an item on eBay from this member jprnds84 and I did not pay for it. How come even I did not know that I made a purchase on eBay? LOL Obviously, this is a […]
Scam Trend
Collective Effort
I got to know that quite a few people have fallen victim to a scammer on eBay Malaysia recently where the seller (a man) vamoosed after receiving payment, which he requested to be deposited into a woman’s account which he claims is his girlfriend. Although this is not something new and to be protected on […]
Rapper Willie D. Nabbed For Wire Fraud
Rapper Willie D, founding member of The Geto Boys, has been arrested for wire fraud. Apparently, he was selling electronic items including iPhone on eBay, and never shipped out the orders, claiming that the items have been lost in the mail when customers complained. Buy cheap Viagra online Willie D. claimed that he would not […]
Multimedia Complaints Bureau Malaysia
I got to know of this Governmental body, Communications and Multimedia Content Forum of Malaysia (CMCF) which strives to act on public complaints on the misuse and abuse of multimedia and telecommunications in the country. I take it that this means that if you as an online buyer have been scammed in one way or […]
Celcom Lucky Draw Scam
Celcom has issued a notice that they are not running a lucky draw currently and those Celcom customers who receive phone calls from people claiming to be calling from Celcom should be alerted that it is a scam. Celcom is doing a great service to their customers by coming out publicly to clear the air […]
Fake PayPal Invoices
A friend of mine received a fake PayPal invoice recently. Although he has a PayPal account, he was tricked into thinking that the invoice was real and he did click through to the link that was included in the phishing email. Luckily for him, he was using Firefox browser and was alerted that the PayPal […]
Phishing Email From Support: Notification from PayPal (ID: X87HF)
I just received an email from "Support" with the subject title: Notification from PayPal (ID: X87HF). This is a phishing email which was made to seem like it was sent from PayPal but the email address is not from a @paypal.com address and the email is not an HTML one equipped with PayPal logo. Still, […]