The Department of Technology Crime Prevention advises the public to be wary of fraudulent messages from Canadia Bank
4:19 pm 15 January 2021
Cambodia News, (Phnom Penh): The Department of Technology Crimes has just discovered that some users have received fake English messages from Canadia Bank stating that your bank account was accessed with another device and provide a link for them to verify their identity.

Your Canadia bank account has been logged in through another platform , Please verify again to protect your rights. Www.canadias.c*m.

When a user visits a website via a link, they will be asked to fill in details such as name, date of birth, ID number, phone number, account name and password, according to the department's research. They have found that this is a fake website created by crooks to receive information that allows them to access a bank account for the purpose of stealing your money only.

The Technology Crimes Department advises all users to be careful when receiving any messages with a request to provide personal information, because this is a trick that crooks use to steal your information, so it is best to contact the bank directly for more information if you receive this type of message.
- Cambodia National Police

UPDATE
Busted! Well done the police.

Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): The minor crime police arrested 3 foreigner men and sent them to court for stealing money through bank accounts at Canadia Bank. The suspects were identified as GOYAL SANDEEP KUMAR, a 38-year-old Indian man, MOHIBEEN LEBE MOHAMMAS MAHAROF, a 45-year-old Sinhalese, and TAI KOKPOH, a 51-year-old Singaporean.

On January 16, 2021, the suspects were arrested after they stole money from victims through the bank account. On January 15, 2021, 5 customers of Canadia Bank filed a complaint that they lost their money in their bank account. A customer named:
1. Pich Soriya, a 41-year-old woman, lost money for 60,000 USD. Her money was transferred to a bank account named shop 24, which belongs to GOYAL SANDEEP KUMAR.
2. Choun Sreyno, a 27-year-old woman, lost money for 435 USD. Her money was transferred to GOYAL SANDEEP KUMAR's bank account.
3. Chan Sopha, a 33-year-old woman, who lost money for 10,000 USD.
4. Mech Kanha, a 28 ear d woman, lost money for 2,900 USD.

On January 15, 2021, at 11 am, the suspects withdrew money from Canadia bank near the Independent monument and got arrested. The suspects were stealing money from the victim's bank account by sending the victim a scamming message that said, " your bank account has been checked, please connected the link www.canadias.com." Then, the victim provided the suspects with their Pin code. After that, the suspects checked the victims' bank account and stole their money.

The victims contacted the bank, and a complaint was filed with police. Three foreign suspects have now been arrested.

What surprised me were the amount of foreigners asking on social media if it was legit or a scam, ok, locals who are not so technologically adept or used to this sort of scam I can understand...but it was blatantly obvious it was a scam!

Well done to the authorities for their swift action and result.

So these criminals phish for unsuspecting customers' bank credentials, then use that information to hack into accounts, then transfer money to an account which happens to be the criminal's own Canadia account? What was he thinking? Their actions shouldn't be condoned but this was an embarrassingly amateurish scheme. Probably never heard of something called an electronic trail. They forgot the bank has a copy of his passport when he opened the account.

Well it would appear they didn't apprehend all those involved, they are now targeting Acleda account holders, several posts on social media reporting receiving the same SMS format with a new link, same modus operandi.

Phishing Warning to Citizens

Phnom Penh: Ministry of Post and Telecommunication in the morning of 21 January 2021 has announced the increase of internet fraud on banking and finance institutions, and issue protection measures.

Ministry of Post and Telecommunications please inform all public that there is a Phishing attack on some banking and finance institutions in Cambodia.
Hackers are sending texts or email to users saying: ′′ Your bank account has been logged in through another platform, please verify again to protect your rights ′′ and connect with Domain Name (Domain Name) similar to the users bank name.
When users click on the name of the domain, go to a fake website that looks and is almost the same as banking and finance institutions, demanding you to enter important information, such as account name, password, and password, etc.
If you use those information, technology thieves may be able to hack into a user's bank account and can turn cash out to other pre-planned accounts.
Users shouldn't click on the link or click on the domain name linked to text or email. Please check on the website name for sure, avoid installing fake news on the website.
Users don't need to answer phone, text, or email trying to ask for profile. Banking and finance institutions don't usually ask customers to provide account numbers, passwords or OTP code.
Please contact your banking and finance institutions in case of suspicion that they are falling into a trap of technology to help solve timely.
For Technical information related to this, users can learn more in the website of ′′ CamCERT's quick response office ′′ The Security Department of Tech, Tech, and Information of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication with address www.camcert.gov.kh or report or ask for help on this case via email [email protected] or call 016 851 678
As announced above, all public please be aware of the news.

One way to tell texts and emails are scams is the imperfect use of English. Sometimes the errors are only obvious to well educated native English speakers.

UPDATE: Three prison sentences were announced against the defendants today.


Cambodia News, (Phnom Penh): The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on the afternoon of October 28, 2021, decided to announce the verdicts of 3 foreign defendants in a case of aggravated fraud and money laundering.

The verdict was announced by Phnom Penh Municipal Court Judge Song Bunarith who convicted and sentenced the defendants as follows:
1/GOYAL SANDEEP KUMAR, a 38-year-old Indian man, was sentenced to 2 years in prison.
2/TAI KOKPOH, a 51-year-old Singaporean man, was sentenced to 2 years in prison.
3/MOHIBEEN LEBE MOHAMMAS MAHAROF, a 45-year-old Sri Lankan man, was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months imprisonment.

The three defendants were convicted of aggravated fraud and money laundering under Article 377, Article 380 of the Penal Code, and Article 38 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Law.

The three accused were arrested by the Phnom Penh Municipal Criminal Police on 16 January In 2021, and were held in custody pending trial.

Does Cambodia have a timed served? Or does their sentence start the day it's issued?