Many Malaysians still fall for spam calls

It happens all the time, but many people still fall for it despite multiple reports in the media. Over the past couple of months, the number of spam call cases with losses amounting to hundreds of thousands ringgit per case was reported involving victims from all over the country, normally those aged close to retirement or retirees.

Based on news reports in the media, in Kota Baru, last September, a government pensioner in her sixties lost RM418,000 when she was duped by three men believed to be part of a Macau scam syndicate. In the same state, a civil servant in his fifties lost about RM395,000 after being cheated by Macau scam syndicate members. And in Kluang, in December, a senior citizen lost RM697,000 after becoming a victim to a Macau Scam syndicate.