Terengganu police chief Datuk Mazli Mazlan said initial investigations revealed that there was an element where the victim was deceived through phishing involving their Tabung Haji and Bank Islam accounts.
Police crippled an international syndicate that developed and sold fake websites, and financial data phishing templates with the arrest of eight individuals in simultaneous raids spanning four states on Monday.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore and Infocomm Media Development Authority have published a joint consultation paper proposing a Shared Responsibility Framework for phishing scams.
Widad Group Bhd, in a response to a Bursa Malaysia query, said it was not aware of any corporate development relating to the group’s business that has not been previously announced that may account for the activity, including those in the negotiation stage or discussion for several business proposals which were still under preliminary discussions.
