ARAU: A total of 383 cases of online fraud, especially phone scams, have been recorded in Perlis from January to November this year, resulting in losses amounting to RM5.1mil.
Perlis police chief Datuk Muhammad Abdul Halim said of the total, the highest number of cases involved telecommunication fraud or phone scam (127 cases) incurring losses amounting to RM1,663,807.58, followed by ecommerce scams with 110 cases and RM831,690.80 in losses.
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