Not only was Mohamad Anuar Abdul Wahid, 70, cheated out of a bicycle and his money, but he also ended up having his identity stolen to defraud others in a long-running property rental scam. Soon after, Mohamad Anuar received a legal suit, naming him as a defendant and accusing him of having received money from the plaintiff for an apartment lease. Muhamad Anuar is just one of many whose identity has been stolen and misused for property rental fraud, which numbers have skyrocketed recently, according to police data. Suhaila Md Ismail came forward after her identity also was misused by a syndicate involved in rental fraud. She said the syndicate had also used an alias, which Suhaila suspected was also a stolen identity, and shared a phone number that was supposedly linked to a “niece”.

Source: The Star January 12, 2026 00:15 UTC