Over RM1.6bil lost to online scammers from 2019-2021, Dewan Rakyat told


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians lost over RM1.6bil to online scams over the last three years, says Deputy Home Minister Datuk Jonathan Yasin(pic).

"Between 2019 and 2021, a total of 51,631 cases were recorded resulting in losses amounting to RM1,611,398,080 due to such crimes," he said in reply to Su Keong Siong (PH-Kampar) in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday (March 14).

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