But before she could hone her culinary skills, a 39-year-old housewife was “burnt” to the tune of RM300,000. She was later added to a WhatsApp group where several sweet-talking individuals shared cooking videos and promoted supposedly successful business models designed for housewives to earn extra income. She transferred RM300,000 as capital between Nov 1 and 12 for the money-making scheme and had duly performed her task. In a separate case, a 55-year-old manager saw his RM1.6mil savings wiped out after falling for a stock investment scam. “I was instructed to download an app and subsequently transferred RM1.6mil in 16 transactions,” he said.

Source: The Star January 10, 2026 12:05 UTC