KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is seeing an alarming rise in online fraud or scam cases, with 47,854 cases involving total losses of RM1.919bil recorded as of September, says Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah.
The Deputy Home Minister said statistics from the police’s Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) show that scam cases had increased by 12,486 compared with 35,368 cases in 2024, which involved losses amounting to RM1.574bil.
