Police have dismantled four call centre-based scam syndicates operating from Kajang following a series of coordinated raids that led to the arrest of 21 foreign nationals and the seizure of equipment worth more than RM68,000.
Selangor police chief Datuk Shazeli Kahar said the operations were carried out by the Kajang Commercial Crime Investigation Department, targeting four separate premises believed to be used as hubs for online fraud activities.
In the first raid at about 9pm on April 7, police raided a house in Taman Anjung Residensi, Kajang, detaining 11 suspects comprising eight men and three women, all foreigners aged between 30 and 50. Officers also seized six monitors, six CPUs, six mobile phones and two modems, with total confiscations estimated at RM30,000.
Investigations found the syndicate had been active since February this year, mainly targeting Chinese nationals. Members reportedly worked as customer service agents, luring victims via apps such as WeChat, Telegram and Potato before directing them to gambling platforms known as “APK 728” and “Wu Quan”. Victims were promised winnings before being instructed to transfer money through Alipay accounts controlled by syndicate members.
In a second raid at around 9.30pm in the same area, police arrested three more foreign suspects — two men and a woman aged between 28 and 37 — also linked to online gambling scams. Authorities seized three mobile phones and a modem, with confiscations valued at about RM8,000.
A third operation at 1.30am on April 8 at a house in Kiara Plaza, Semenyih, saw the arrest of three foreign men aged between 19 and 33. They were believed to be involved in selling WeChat and iCloud accounts to scam networks. Police said the group had been operating since October last year, creating fake identities before selling accounts via Telegram to syndicates targeting victims in China. Items seized included laptops, a monitor, a CPU, mobile phones, modems, an access card and a handbag, worth around RM10,000.
In a fourth raid at 2.15am at the same location, four foreign men aged between 29 and 37 were detained for involvement in romance scam operations targeting victims from Indonesia and Singapore. The suspects allegedly initiated contact through Telegram before moving conversations to WhatsApp to build relationships, later funnelling victim information to other syndicate members handling financial transactions involving fake gift deliveries. Seized items included laptops and mobile phones worth about RM20,000.
All suspects have been remanded for six to seven days starting April 8, and investigations are being conducted under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating and Section 120B for criminal conspiracy. Those convicted of cheating face imprisonment of up to 10 years, fines, and possible whipping, while criminal conspiracy carries a penalty of death or imprisonment of at least two years.
