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Sinar Daily
08-07-2025
- Sinar Daily
Kindergarten teacher scammed of RM108,703 through fake job and loan offers
The 32-year-old victim was first contacted by a male suspect on June 20, who claimed she had been selected as a lucky customer and won a prize consisting of groceries. 08 Jul 2025 04:04pm The victim used all her savings and proceeds from selling jewellery to make transfers to several bank accounts between July 1 and 3, and then was instructed to make an additional payment of RM75,000. - 123RF photo KUALA TERENGGANU - A kindergarten teacher lost RM108,703 after falling victim to an online job scam and a fraudulent moneylending agent. Kuala Terengganu police chief ACP Azli Mohd Noor said the 32-year-old victim was first contacted by a male suspect on June 20, who claimed she had been selected as a lucky customer and won a prize consisting of groceries. On June 28, the victim received groceries worth around RM50 as promised and was then asked to provide her bank account number to receive a supposed RM8 reward. "She was later offered a part-time job that involved clicking product links and following accounts in exchange for lucrative rewards. However, the suspect claimed the victim was late in completing her tasks and had to pay a penalty to retrieve the promised earnings,' he said in a statement today. Azli said the victim used all her savings and proceeds from selling jewellery to make transfers to several bank accounts between July 1 and 3, and then was instructed to make an additional payment of RM75,000. In desperation, she sought to borrow money through two online loan sharks (ah long) and made deposit payments to five different bank accounts. However, no loan was ever disbursed. "The loan agents claimed the payments were for processing and administrative fees. Despite making the payments, the victim never received the promised funds,' he said. Realising she had been scammed by two separate syndicates, the victim lodged a police report yesterday evening. The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating. - BERNAMA
The Sun
08-07-2025
- The Sun
Kindergarten teacher loses RM108,703 in job and loan scams
KUALA TERENGGANU: A kindergarten teacher lost RM108,703 after falling victim to an online job scam and a fraudulent loan scheme. The 32-year-old woman was initially contacted by a scammer on June 20, who informed her she had won groceries as part of a 'lucky customer' promotion. After receiving the promised groceries worth RM50, the victim was asked to provide her bank details to claim an additional RM8 reward. She was later offered a part-time job that involved clicking links and following accounts for monetary rewards. Kuala Terengganu police chief ACP Azli Mohd Noor said, 'She was later offered a part-time job that involved clicking product links and following accounts in exchange for lucrative rewards. However, the suspect claimed the victim was late in completing her tasks and had to pay a penalty to retrieve the promised earnings.' Between July 1 and 3, the victim used her savings and proceeds from selling jewellery to transfer money to several bank accounts. She was then instructed to pay an additional RM75,000. Desperate, she turned to online loan sharks, paying deposits to five different accounts but never receiving any loan. Azli added, 'The loan agents claimed the payments were for processing and administrative fees. Despite making the payments, the victim never received the promised funds.' Realising she had been scammed by two separate syndicates, the victim filed a police report. The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating. - Bernama
The Star
08-07-2025
- The Star
Kindergarten teacher scammed of RM108,703 through fake job and loan offers
KUALA TERENGGANU: A kindergarten teacher lost RM108,703 after falling victim to an online job scam and a fraudulent moneylending agent. Kuala Terengganu police chief ACP Azli Mohd Noor said the 32-year-old victim was first contacted by a male suspect on June 20, who claimed she had been selected as a lucky customer and won a prize consisting of groceries. On June 28, the victim received groceries worth around RM50 as promised and was then asked to provide her bank account number to receive a supposed RM8 reward. "She was later offered a part-time job that involved clicking product links and following accounts in exchange for lucrative rewards. However, the suspect claimed the victim was late in completing her tasks and had to pay a penalty to retrieve the promised earnings,' he said in a statement Tuesday (July 8). Azli said the victim used all her savings and proceeds from selling jewellery to make transfers to several bank accounts between July 1 and 3, and then was instructed to make an additional payment of RM75,000. In desperation, she sought to borrow money through two online loan sharks (ah long) and made deposit payments to five different bank accounts. However, no loan was ever disbursed. "The loan agents claimed the payments were for processing and administrative fees. Despite making the payments, the victim never received the promised funds,' he said. Realising she had been scammed by two separate syndicates, the victim lodged a police report yesterday evening. The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating. - Bernama
Hamilton Spectator
06-07-2025
- Climate
- Hamilton Spectator
Firefighter understaffing in Ontario is worse than previously understood, these numbers show
Halfway through one of the biggest forest fire seasons on record, new numbers show Ontario's shortage of wildland firefighters, equipment and staff is worse than previously understood. Thirteen pilot positions and seven aircraft maintenance engineer jobs remain unfilled and as a result, according to OPSEU, the public sector union that represents wildland fire fighters, nearly a third of Ontario's forest fire aviation fleet has been grounded. These shortages have left the province scrambling to fight dozens of fires burning simultaneously, including one that is now the second biggest fire in Ontario's history , and calling on other provinces for help. 'We are in an incredible crisis due to climate change, but also due to underfunding and understaffing,' said OPSEU President JP Hornick. Computer models have failed to predict a series of 'impossible' blazes — which means more places 'We've lost firefighters at the same time that the need for them has increased,' they said. 'We have increasing numbers of fires up north. They're increasing in size and intensity. But our reaction time is slowing and the fires are escaping containment more often.' Climate change is driving a long-term trend toward more and bigger forest fires and Ontario is currently facing one of its worst fire seasons on record. With three months to go, more than 375,000 hectares of forest have already burned, the fifth highest total in the last 30 years. In June, three First Nations in the north were evacuated . Last month, the Star revealed that Ontario is operating with more than 100 fewer wildland firefighters than it did 10 years ago – fielding 630 fire rangers, when it used to have 732 – leading to a drop in the number of forest fires brought under control within 24 hours, key to avoiding the massive conflagrations that consume entire communities. New staffing numbers provided by OPSEU show how that 14 per cent reduction in personnel is exacerbated on the ground, with 27 per cent fewer crews – groups of four or five fire rangers – available to dispatch to forest fires. This year, Ontario is short 53 of the 190 crews it used to operate, with only 60 out of 101 crews in the Northwest Region, west of Marathon, and 77 of 89 crews in the Northeastern Region, stretching from Marathon down to the French and Mattawa Rivers. Shortstaffing means that wildfire fighters are being worked to the bone, said Noah Freedman, vice president of OPSEU Local 703. Fire Rangers have been working flat out since early May, he said. They've just finished their third 19 day shift in a row, with only two days off between shifts, and they're getting burned out. 'The young people, the lack of experience. As fatigue builds, you have people who already don't know what they're doing making poorer and poorer decisions,' said Freedman. Natural Resources Minister Mike Harris Jr. declined an interview request and sent a statement in response to questions from the Star. 'Ontario works with provincial, federal, and international partners to ensure the necessary resources are deployed to keep communities in our province, and across North America, safe,' the statement read. 'These mutual aid partnership agreements enable the sharing of additional personnel, equipment, and aircraft.' The province has already received aid from Quebec and B.C., which have sent two waterbombers and more than 100 firefighters this season, according to data from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) said nine waterbombers are available this season, though it was unclear whether this total includes the waterbombers on loan from Quebec. Harris Jr.'s office disputed the notion that the Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services branch (AFFES) is understaffed, saying there isn't an ideal number of fire rangers but a target 'range' for hiring. 'We're comfortable with the number of crews we have,' said an official in the minister's office, whom the Star agreed not to name so they could speak on background. 'We have a lot of confidence in our fire rangers.' 'It would be ideal to be fully staffed, but we're not there,' the official added. 'We'd hire more if there were more applications.' OPSEU says AFFES staff are leaving for more lucrative jobs because Ontario's waterbomber pilots are the worst paid in the country and the fire rangers are among the worst paid. Starting pay for Ontario wildland firefighters is $25.38 an hour. While Premier Doug Ford has announced the purchase of six new waterbombers, the half a billion dollars associated with their purchase and staffing has not been allocated in the budget . Due to a backlog in orders, the planes would not be delivered for nearly a decade. But Hornick said there's no use in buying new waterbombers if we can't staff the ones we already have. Fewer pilots means the ones on staff are being worked to the bone. Working shifts that last 10 days, pilots are getting sick and planes are being grounded when they're unavailable to fly, Hornick said. This was the case in June when two waterbombers were grounded due to pilot illness as blazes grew across the north. That's in addition to another waterbomber grounded due to lack of crew, bringing the total to three waterbombers, three helicopters, two Turbo Beaver bushplanes and one Twin Otter float plane grounded this season, OPSEU numbers show. This represents nine of the 28 aircraft operated by the Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services branch (AFFES) of the Ministry of Natural Resources. The loss of experience through retirement is being felt throughout the AFFES, said Hornick. The chief helicopter pilot retired two years ago and hasn't been replaced, they said. (The MNR says 'a temporary Chief Rotary Wing Pilot is in place.') Twenty of 46 aircraft mechanics have left in the last five years. Overall, there's a 40 per cent turnover at the AFFES, leading to younger and less experienced staff being promoted into positions of responsibility, Hornick added. Star reporter Marco Chown Oved learned what it takes to join the front-line of firefighters The MNR said it has brought in a number of measures to reduce turnover, including establishing 100 new year-round support jobs, reimbursing training costs and expanding standby pay and on-call benefits. At the same time, however, recruitment numbers have plummeted, Hornick said, making it harder to train up the next generation of firefighters. 'We're seeing fewer and fewer applications,' they said. 'Anecdotally, I've heard stories about literally trying to recruit people off the street to apply.'
Mint
12-06-2025
- Business
- Mint
Asian Paints share price rises 2.5% after significant block deal worth ₹7,703 crore
Asian Paints share price rose by 2.5% during Thursday's trading session following a significant transaction involving the stock. Approximately 3.5 crore shares of Asian Paints were traded in the pre-open block window, as reported by CNBC TV18. The shares were exchanged at an average price of ₹ 2,201 each, leading to a total transaction value of ₹ 7,703 crore. In the block deal, about 3.64% of the company's total equity was involved. The identities of the buyers and sellers in this transaction remain undisclosed. As per the news report, at the close of the March quarter, India's Mutual Funds held a 5.67% interest in Asian Paints, with ICICI Prudential MF and SBI MF being key shareholders. The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) owns an 8.29% share in Asian Paints according to the latest shareholding data. Additionally, 11.73 lakh retail investors, with an authorized share capital of up to ₹ 2 lakh, collectively own an 11.84% stake in the firm. Other public shareholders include Siddhant Commercials Pvt. Ltd., which held a 4.9% stake in the company as of March 31, 2025. Earlier this week, Asian Paints received its lowest price target from Morgan Stanley, marking it as the third brokerage to set a price target below the ₹ 2,000 threshold. Asian Paints share price today opened at an intraday low of ₹ 2,220.05 apiece on the BSE, the stock touched an intraday high of ₹ 2,263.95 per share. According to Rajesh Bhosale, Equity Technical and Derivative Analyst at Angel One, Asian Paints share price is showing strength in morning session gaining over 2% and forming a morning star bullish reversal candle on the daily chart. 'In addition, we are seeing a positive divergence on the daily chart and bullish crossover in rsi smoothened, indicating that in near term prices can extend this bounce, ₹ 2,350 - 2,420 would be immediate resistance whereas around ₹ 2,200 is a strong support,' said Bhosale.
