Cyber crooks using ‘try your luck’ modus operandi


PETALING JAYA: It’s not just e-mails and invoices. Cyber crooks have also altered bills of lading, return forms, claim forms and declaration forms, Universiti Sains Malaysia criminologist and psychologist Dr Geshina Ayu Mat Saat said.

The “try your luck” modus operandi, she said, surfaced a few years back but was not as popular as other fraudulent methods because it is time consuming with no guarantee of success.

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