RM17.9mil lost to online scams in Terengganu from January to June


KUALA TERENGGANU: Terengganu police have recorded 940 cases of online fraud involving losses amounting to RM17.9 million from January to June this year.

State police chief Datuk Mohd Khairi Khairuddin said the highest losses were from phone scams, which accounted for RM7.68 million of the total, followed by non-existent investment schemes (RM5.47 million), online purchase frauds (RM1.95 million), and parcel scams (RM1.57 million).

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