ONLINE scams have become ubiquitous, with victims coming from all spectrum of society as criminals become more sophisticated in their attacks.
To bring more awareness on this, a “Do Not Be A Scam Victim” forum was held at Bandar Utama 11 community hall in Petaling Jaya to shed light on the various scams and how to avoid them.
The programme was organised by Bandar Utama assemblyman Jamaliah Jamaluddin with the collaboration of the Petaling Jaya police.
Some 100 residents aged 40 to 70 attended the forum which had panellists from the police, banks and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
Selangor Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Asst Comm Azman Ali said 2,011 online scam cases were reported in the state so far this year.
“In the Damansara area alone, a total of 546 online scam cases were reported from January to September, amounting to a total loss of RM2.5mil.”
“For Selangor in the same period, the losses for victims amounted to RM92mil,” he said.
ACP Azman said the best way to prevent online scams was to be aware of the situation.
Affin Bank senior vice-president and group head Yunos Yusop said according to their investigations, in most scam cases, the victims had clicked on a given link and then provided the bank’s TAC number to the scam caller.”
MCMC New Media Department network security division deputy director Mohd…
