Falling victim to a deceptive scheme

PETALING JAYA: The surge in scamming rackets, which has seen scores of victims being deceived into working in “scam parks”, has prompted a group of academics to investigate Malaysians’ awareness of the activities in order to find a solution to prevent more citizens from becoming victims.

The study, which will be carried out through a survey, was initiated by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman’s (Utar) Tan Cheng Lock Centre for Social and Policy Studies, Universiti Teknologi Mara’s Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies in Perlis and the Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies (Huayan).