KUALA LUMPUR: More than 70,000 police reports have been recorded based on 363,817 calls to the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) since its inception, says Comm Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa.
The Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director said the 77,771 police reports involved 296,567 bank accounts identified to be involved in online scams between Oct 12, 2022, and March 31 this year.
"The losses incurred by victims who reported to the NSRC is about RM1.05bil during the same period," he said when contacted on Wednesday (May 6).
Some RM29.12mil in funds have been seized, resulting in RM9.2mil successfully returned to the victims, he added.
This year alone between Jan 1 and March 31, 11,486 reports were recorded based on 55,619 calls to the NSRC, Comm Rusdi said.
"We seized RM4.2mil in funds and so far RM1.9mil have been successfully returned to the victims
"The statistics show the critical role played by NSRC in handling cases of online scams, especially in tracking flow of funds and freezing accounts," he said.
The integrated approach through the NSRC symbolises the commitment of the police force, especially the CCID in curbing commercial crimes, especially online scams, he added.
"We urge those have become victims of scams to contact the NSRC hotline 997 as soon as possible," he said.
