BALIK PULAU: Remand has been extended for 50 people involved in a Macau Scam syndicate that duped victims of more than RM2.74mil by using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. The syndicate is alleged to have duped victims by using VoIP technology to replicate the hotline number of the Penang police headquarters to con its victims. The suspects were arrested at a bungalow in Taman Damai Utama in Puchong, Selangor during a raid on Saturday. Police investigations revealed that one of the suspects would pose as a bank officer and tell the victim that he or she had a loan with a particular bank. Those who are still not convinced would then receive a call from 04-222 1522, which appeared to be the general line of the state police headquarters but had been replicated or cloned using VoIP technology to appear as such.

Source: The Star July 04, 2017 03:45 UTC