KUALA LUMPUR: Although senior citizens made up only 6.4% of the 86,266 victims duped by online scams over the past three years, their losses hit hundreds of millions, says Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf.
The Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department director said from 2021 until 2023, a total of RM2.7bil has been lost to online scams.
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