QuickCheck: Is the sale of nonexistent vehicle numbers a new scam tactic?


BIDDING for vehicle registration numbers is a common practice in Malaysia, with some "auspicious" or rare combinations of letters and numbers going for up to hundreds of thousands of ringgit.

As such, it can be a lucrative trade that scammers may try to muscle in on.

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