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Loan shark threatens to expose nude photo of 14-year-old girl
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Yee Suet Mun
The underage girl was lured by an online job scam into taking a RM1,000 loan, and coerced into sending a nude photo and family details as collateral
MCA public services and complaints department chief Michael Chong (standing third from left) and Ms Yap (standing third from right) during a press conference at Wisma MCA in Kuala Lumpur today.
KUALA LUMPUR: A 14-year-old girl was blackmailed by a loan shark who threatened to expose her nude photo on social media after she was lured into an online job scam.
The victim, identified only as Ms Yap, responded to a “part-time job” offer sent via WhatsApp and was added to a Telegram group offering paid online tasks.
She was instructed to transfer RM30 to begin the tasks and received RM60 after completing two assignments.
However, during her third task, she was told she had made a mistake and was asked to top up RM500 to proceed.
She was later told to pay another RM1,000, which she could not do.
On July 5, she approached a loan shark known as “Terry” who demanded a nude photo and her family’s personal details as collateral after claiming it was necessary as she was underage and could not sign a loan agreement.
The RM1,000 was disbursed to her via an e-wallet, and Terry instructed her to repay RM1,500 within six days.
Her father settled the RM1,500 debt on Monday, believing the matter was closed.
However, on Tuesday, Terry called again, claiming that the early repayment had caused a system error, and demanded RM15,000.
He threatened to post the girl’s nude photo on Facebook and warned that he would take further action against the family if payment was not made.
The family lodged a police report on Tuesday and met with MCA public services and complaints department chief Michael Chong yesterday.
Speaking at a press conference here, Chong said the case was one of 43 scam-related complaints involving women this year, including at least three incidents of extortion with nude photos.
“This case is just the tip of the iceberg,” he said.
“These scam syndicates are now working with Ah Longs (loan sharks) using platforms like WhatsApp, Instagram and Telegram to exploit young women.”
Chong urged parents to monitor their children’s online activity and warned the youth against falling for promises of easy cash through online jobs or investment schemes.
He also called for stronger enforcement and awareness campaigns to tackle the growing threat of digital exploitation involving scam syndicates and illegal moneylenders.
Woman tricked into paying RM18,100 after believing she won Singapore lottery
In a separate case, Ms Leong, a 24-year-old woman from Puchong, Selangor, fell victim to a transnational lottery scam after being duped by a self-proclaimed “master” based in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Leong said the scam began after she was promised help winning the Singapore lottery. She was told to pay RM1,600 to purchase a ticket through one of the so-called master’s “followers” in Singapore.
Shortly after, she was informed that she had won second prize, amounting to RM1.76 million. However, the follower claimed that the winnings were “stuck” due to tax and banking issues, and requested RM8,000 to process their release.
Believing that the prize was real, Leong made the payment and even gave an additional RM4,000 in cash as a “gesture of gratitude”.
In her attempt to claim the supposed prize money, Leong ended up borrowing a total of RM18,100 from seven different loan sharks. She sought help after realising that she had been conned.
The victim, identified only as Ms Yap, responded to a “part-time job” offer sent via WhatsApp and was added to a Telegram group offering paid online tasks.
She was instructed to transfer RM30 to begin the tasks and received RM60 after completing two assignments.
However, during her third task, she was told she had made a mistake and was asked to top up RM500 to proceed.
She was later told to pay another RM1,000, which she could not do.
On July 5, she approached a loan shark known as “Terry” who demanded a nude photo and her family’s personal details as collateral after claiming it was necessary as she was underage and could not sign a loan agreement.
The RM1,000 was disbursed to her via an e-wallet, and Terry instructed her to repay RM1,500 within six days.
Her father settled the RM1,500 debt on Monday, believing the matter was closed.
However, on Tuesday, Terry called again, claiming that the early repayment had caused a system error, and demanded RM15,000.
He threatened to post the girl’s nude photo on Facebook and warned that he would take further action against the family if payment was not made.
The family lodged a police report on Tuesday and met with MCA public services and complaints department chief Michael Chong yesterday.
Speaking at a press conference here, Chong said the case was one of 43 scam-related complaints involving women this year, including at least three incidents of extortion with nude photos.
“This case is just the tip of the iceberg,” he said.
“These scam syndicates are now working with Ah Longs (loan sharks) using platforms like WhatsApp, Instagram and Telegram to exploit young women.”
Chong urged parents to monitor their children’s online activity and warned the youth against falling for promises of easy cash through online jobs or investment schemes.
He also called for stronger enforcement and awareness campaigns to tackle the growing threat of digital exploitation involving scam syndicates and illegal moneylenders.
Woman tricked into paying RM18,100 after believing she won Singapore lottery
In a separate case, Ms Leong, a 24-year-old woman from Puchong, Selangor, fell victim to a transnational lottery scam after being duped by a self-proclaimed “master” based in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Leong said the scam began after she was promised help winning the Singapore lottery. She was told to pay RM1,600 to purchase a ticket through one of the so-called master’s “followers” in Singapore.
Shortly after, she was informed that she had won second prize, amounting to RM1.76 million. However, the follower claimed that the winnings were “stuck” due to tax and banking issues, and requested RM8,000 to process their release.
Believing that the prize was real, Leong made the payment and even gave an additional RM4,000 in cash as a “gesture of gratitude”.
In her attempt to claim the supposed prize money, Leong ended up borrowing a total of RM18,100 from seven different loan sharks. She sought help after realising that she had been conned.
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kt remarks:
Ah Longs who preyed on under-aged girls should be horsewhipped kaukau, & have all their fingers broken.
Lots of legends abound about MCA (past leadership, not sure about current leadership - the present leadership has no power anyway) being in cahoots with the Ah Long industry.
ReplyDeleteWhat to do with such people?
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