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.
