Almost RM40mil lost to scams since October 2022


PETALING JAYA: Chee (not his real name) became part of Malaysian online scam statistics recently when he bought some clothes online.

He lost almost RM5,000 after conducting a transaction through a link sent by a supposed apparel seller on social media for a deal that he admitted was too good to be true.

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