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Retail Asia22/07/2022

Australia and Singapore will unite in the fight against unsolicited telemarketing, spam and scams, following an agreement between the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and the Info-communications Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA). The new strategic agreement will promote further engagement and information-sharing between the two agencies and assist with both investigations and compliance […]

Retail Asia22/12/2021

T-Mobile released its 2021 Scams and Robocalls report, and it says that its Scam Shield service managed to block 21 billion scam calls, which translates to 700 calls identified or blocked every second. The gathered data by T-Mobile shows an over 116% increase in scam call attempts from 2020. According to the T-Mobile scam call report, […]

Retail Asia24/06/2021

Bitcoin remains the most popular cryptocurrency playing a role as an investment vehicle and also a payment medium. However, scammers are exploring the payment aspect to defraud victims resulting in losses of millions of dollars. According to data compiled by cryptocurrency trading simulator Crypto Parrot, Australians lost an equivalent of AUD 26.65 million in scams […]

Retail Asia21/07/2020

Another day, another major Android threat discovered by security researchers as it lurks in the shadows in anticipation of its time in the mischievous limelight. In a way, this BlackRock malware detected and rigorously documented by the folks over at ThreatFabric can be considered even scarier and more dangerous than the Joker virus that made headlines recently or other similar […]

Retail Asia02/09/2019

The Monetary Authority of Singapore warned the public about a website using fabricated comments from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to solicit investments in bitcoin. The website not only used fabricated comments but also attempted to impersonate a news page from a local media organization, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) added. The information on […]

Retail Asia11/10/2018

Myanmar’s mobile operators have teamed up to increase awareness of the importance of mobile security in the wake of a rise in the number of mobile phone scams targeting the nation. MPT, Ooredoo Myanmar, Telenor Myanmar and MyTel have launched a join information campaign covering various types of mobile phone fraud and steps consumers can […]

Retail Asia16/04/2018

Blackstone Indonesia and Sky Internasional a self-claimed digital strategic marketing agency in Indonesia with premium services in interactive communications, digital strategy, brand identity, social media and online advertising are to be considered as digital fraud masterminds and to be the leaders of an organization with only one goal, to cheat clients solely to enrich themselves with […]

Retail Asia30/05/2017

AirAsia has issued a public warning about a social media post, claiming to offer free flight tickets through an online survey. The post asks participants to answer several questions to redeem vouchers, the low-cost carrier said in a statement on Monday. “There is also another scam circulating on Facebook, offering 268 free tickets in conjunction with […]

Retail Asia23/02/2016

Given the still significant price gap between high-end goods inside and outside of China, parallel imports are big business. The key players in this grey market are cross-border traders known in Chinese as daigou, and they sometimes double-deal in genuine goods and fakes. While the country’s customs service has taken steps to curb the re-selling […]

Retail Asia02/02/2016

Scammers create SMS competitions or trivia scams to trick you into paying extremely high call or text rates when replying to an unsolicited text message on your mobile or smart phone. Over the last few months mobile operators in Thailand managed to close some sms gateways from frauduleus foreign content providers like Mexcomm. A Malaysian company, […]

Retail Asia07/11/2015

A Jenny Bakery Shanghai store scam has angered the Hong Kong brand’s owners – not to mention Shanghai city officials and hundreds of customers who queued for hours only to find the cookies were copies. In the latest example of Mainland China’s seemingly contagious penchant for copying brands and labels and ripping off other people’s […]

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Australia and Singapore to Jointly Fight Against Scam Calls and Messages

T-Mobile’s Scam Shield service has blocked 21 billion scam calls in 2021

Three times more scammed via bank transactions than Bitcoin payments in Australia

Scary Android malware targets hundreds of popular apps

MAS Warns Against Lee Hsien Loong Bitcoin Scam

Myanmar telcos launch mobile scam info campaign

Blackstone and Sky Internasional Be Named as Masterminds of a Big Marketing Scam in Indonesia

AirAsia warns of free ticket scam

China’s move to curb grey market for luxury goods may have opposite effect

Premium SMS Scam in Thailand by Foreign Content Providers

Jenny Bakery Shanghai store scam