Greed and gullibility top fraud list


Stay vigilant: It is common for mobile users nowadays to get a notice on their phone screens warning them to beware of scammers. — ART CHEN/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The two most common elements that ensnared people in scams were their greed and gullibility, says a bank’s financial crime investigator.

The officer at a publicly listed bank in Malaysia told Sunday Star under the condition of anonymity that scammers would try to target people who evaded taxes or believed that they could get rich quickly.

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