‘Sim Swap’ scam is fake, warning not from police, says Bukit Aman

KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman denied the existence of the "Sim Swap" scam, where a scammer can access a user's phone at the press of a button.

In a statement on Sunday (Dec 24), Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said that the police had noticed that a message claiming that such a scam had existed was being circulated on social media.