Bukit Aman: Senior citizens made up 20% of RM2.7bil lost to scams in 2021-2023 period


KUALA LUMPUR: RM552.5mil of the RM2.7bil total lost to online scammers from 2021 to 2023 came from senior citizens, says Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf.

The Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director said that although senior citizens made up 6.4% of the 86,266 victims duped by online scams over the 2021-2023 period, the losses they sustained are 20% of the total amount.

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