{"id":8953,"date":"2025-10-17T13:26:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/scammers-in-msia-change-qr-code-in-obituary-of-school-stabbing-victim-steal-money-from-grieving-family\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:26:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:26:25","slug":"scammers-in-msia-change-qr-code-in-obituary-of-school-stabbing-victim-steal-money-from-grieving-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/scammers-in-msia-change-qr-code-in-obituary-of-school-stabbing-victim-steal-money-from-grieving-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Scammers in M\u2019sia change QR code in obituary of school stabbing victim, steal money from grieving family"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Scammers in Malaysia swap QR code in 16-year-old school stabbing victim&rsquo;s obituary<\/h2>\n<p>The grieving family of the school stabbing victim in Malaysia has had salt rubbed into their wounds after scammers replaced the donation QR code in the obituary with a fake one.<\/p>\n<p>According to China Press, the family quickly informed the public of the scam and told sympathetic donors to head to the funeral home if they wanted to contribute.<\/p>\n<h3>Scammers swap QR code &amp; steal from grieving family<\/h3>\n<p>On Thursday (16 Oct), the mother of the 16-year-old girl &mdash; the victim of a stabbing incident in a school in Selangor &mdash; held a press conference to explain the scam situation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_665168\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><noscript><\/noscript>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-665168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: China Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>She explained that the QR code on her daughter&rsquo;s obituary &mdash; meant for funeral donations &mdash; had been tampered with.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of reaching the grieving family, the money was diverted to scammers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>She urged those who wanted to support the family to come to the funeral home in Kuala Lumpur instead.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, she explained that the family are holding a 5-day wake due to their Buddhist beliefs.<\/p>\n<h3>Teen girl stabbed to death in school<\/h3>\n<p>Earlier this week, her 16-year-old daughter was murdered when a boy stabbed her in the girls&rsquo; restroom at school.<\/p>\n<p>He stabbed her several times in the toilet before wandering the hallways armed with a knife.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I killed someone!&rdquo; he reportedly shouted.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the boy&rsquo;s brother and a teacher managed to subdue him. Police eventually arrested the boy and seized multiple sharp objects believed to be used in the murder.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: 14-year-old boy in M&rsquo;sia allegedly stabs 16-year-old girl to death after failed confession<br><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"569ZbgfMNR\" readability=\"0\">\n<p>14-year-old boy in M&rsquo;sia allegedly stabs 16-year-old girl to death after failed confession<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Have news you must share? Get in touch with us via email at&nbsp;news@mustsharenews.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image adapted from China Press.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><sub>Scammers in M&rsquo;sia change QR code in obituary of school stabbing victim, steal money from grieving family<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scammers in Malaysia swap QR code in 16-year-old school stabbing victim&rsquo;s obituary The grieving family of the school stabbing victim in Malaysia has had salt rubbed into their wounds after scammers replaced the donation QR code in the obituary with a fake one. According to China Press, the family quickly informed the public of the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/scammers-in-msia-change-qr-code-in-obituary-of-school-stabbing-victim-steal-money-from-grieving-family\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Scammers in M\u2019sia change QR code in obituary of school stabbing victim, steal money from grieving family&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}