In a joint statement on March 12, the Singapore Police Force, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore urged businesses to implement verification protocols for video calls and messages, especially those claiming to be from senior executives or key stakeholders.
Fraudulent accounts on Facebook caused 718 million THB ( 20.2 million USD) in damage in the past year in Thailand, according to Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Digital Economy and Society Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong.
Malaysians lost an estimated 12.8 billion USD to scams over the past year, representing 3% of the country’s gross domestic product, according to trust tech company Gogolook.
The Authority of Information Security (AIS) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and Meta - the parent company of Facebook have launched the “Identifying Scams” campaign in Vietnam for 2024.
Singaporean police are investing 528 persons for their suspected involvement in over 2,200 cases of scam and unlicensed money lending activities, following an enforcement operation from July 1 to 10.
Police of Singapore said on March 29 that nine people are being investigated for their suspected involvement in technical support scams through which victims have lost at least 6.7 million USD in total.
More than 3,200 fraudulent websites were detected in the first three months of 2023 in Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).
The Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs have warned about scams targeting people who want to work in technical occupations in the Republic of Korea (RoK).
Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky recently described Vietnam as the safest country in Southeast Asia against the threat of financial attacks targeting banks, payment systems and online stores.
Thai cabinet has approved a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to be signed between the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society of Thailand and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Cambodia on cooperation in the suppression of cyber-related scams, according to Thai government deputy spokeswoman Traisulee Traisoranakul.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has made public for comments draft amendments to Decree No 40/2018/ND-CP about managing multi-level marketing business.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on August 29 directed agencies to enhance security measures against risks and payment fraud, following the execution of several scams recently.
