Con men and crooked cops


ARE Malaysians really so gullible? The amount of money being lost to scammers is indeed mind-boggling – RM2.5bil last year and RM2.8bil in 2018. And based on the growing number of cases, it is likely to be more in 2020.

Four years ago, a study conducted by the Telenor Group in four Asian countries – India, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand – found that we were the most vulnerable to online scams, with 46% of respondents saying they had been victims.

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