‘Victims mostly from private sector’


KUALA LUMPUR: People who work in the private sector were the most susceptible to being duped by scamsters, followed by civil servants, while the unemployed came in third.

Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Zainuddin Yaacob said the private sector contributed the bulk of victims as far back as 2017.

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