A file image of Penang Commercial Crime Investigation Department Chief Asst Comm Abdul Ghani Ahmad (centre), Deputy Supt Shamsul Farid Abdul Rani (right) and Deputy Supt K. Balachandran showing the passport and items seized from members of a syndicate specialising in phone scams at a press conference at the state police headquarters in Penang. – CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
TELEPHONE scams have been around for ages.
Despite the many news reports published about the scams to warn the general public, there are still people who get cheated.
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