Government needs to do more against scammers


The Foreign Ministry reveals that as of Nov 3, 518 Malaysians have been rescued from scam parks.

A recent survey on Malaysians’ awareness towards scams finds the respondents urging the government to do more in educating the masses on fraud prevention.

The survey was carried out by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman’s (UTAR) Tun Tan Cheng Lock Centre, Universiti Teknologi Mara’s (UiTM) Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies in Perlis and Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies (Huayan).

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