Over 8,000 phone scams involving RM440mil losses from 2021 to 2023
A total of 8,011 phone scam cases involving RM440.9mil in losses have been recorded from 2021 to 2023, says Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf.
The Bukit Aman commercial crime investigation department (CCID) director said, 448 cases involved scammers who posed as Pos Laju personnel, involving RM27.1mil in losses.
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The Bukit Aman commercial crime investigation department (CCID) director said, 448 cases involved scammers who posed as Pos Laju personnel, involving RM27.1mil in losses.
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Transcript
00:00PDRM has expressed its gratitude and appreciation for hosting the MOU on the awareness of the
00:17Fossil Scam between PostMalaysia and Huzqqal.
00:20I think this is a collaboration or synergy that has been held many times, which means
00:27that we handle cases related to Fossil Scams.
00:32Most of the people, many of the scams that we receive from the JSJK, especially those
00:37involving Fossil-Fossil, so to speak, which are received and require certain verification.
00:44So those who are naive, who do not know that they have been deceived, follow all the instructions
00:51that are given by the scammers, which ultimately causes them to transfer a large amount of
00:57money to the shops' accounts.
01:00So this matter needs to be made known to the public to stop, especially in recent times,
01:08there are many goldsmiths or elderly people who have become victims, and this is very
01:18disappointing, because in our efforts to spread awareness, it is still happening.
01:26And interventions or preventive measures through techniques or technology, such as those introduced
01:35by Huzqqal, and also today's collaboration with PostMalaysia, it is hoped that it can
01:42give awareness and continue to prevent the perpetration of fraud through these Fossil Scams.
01:51For context, for the past three years involving PostLaju, in 2020-2021, we did not have a case
02:00or perhaps it was not reported at that time, but in 2020-2022, there were 107 cases involving
02:09a loss of RM13,571,205.60.
02:16Then it increased by almost more than 100% in 2020-2023, with 341 cases reported.
02:27This is only involving PostLaju, and involving a loss of RM13,615,568.22.
02:38From 2020-2024, which is now until July, we have 87 cases with a loss of RM2,999,714.42.
02:56So that is the situation or magnitude or effect of the crime involving this Fossil Scam.
03:03So we are actually encouraging such MOUs to be held, perhaps with other courier services
03:10that we can eventually reduce.
03:14And I also ask many people to be aware that courier services and the like do not make
03:22such calls that can cause them to transfer money and so on.
03:27And even if there are such things, courier services are the ones who are obliged to make
03:36a report in the first place.
03:38It is not that they call to give a warning to the person.
03:42Then there is also the term Police In Between, Inspector So-and-so, who then advises
03:49so that there is an account transfer to save the person.
03:52It is not like that, it is not as easy as that.
03:55It means that all of that is in the SOP.
03:58Not by calling.
03:59The suspect is the one.
04:01If we bring illegal goods, whether it is drugs or fake documents, of course we will become
04:08a suspect.
04:09And the suspect will not be informed.
04:11That is the only way.
04:13Let us not be easily empowered or easily panicked until we make a decision that follows
04:22the desire of the scammer.
04:24Data is the new oil, some people say.
04:44This problem is not only in our country, it is everywhere.
04:47And some people ask me how it is easy to get data.
04:52You go to fast food outlets, especially in the context of MCO and so on.
04:57Of course, people ordering food from home and so on.
05:00Of course, you have to give your data.
05:02So, the data can be obtained from anywhere easily.
05:06But of course, it is a mistake to use it without proper use.
05:13So, everyone who uses it is subject to identity theft.
05:18So, if you want to ask me how this data can be obtained, we have laws.
05:23Like the Personal Data Protection Act, presumably.
05:26But it does not prohibit people from committing the crime of using the data.
05:32So, it means that in certain areas, that is why sometimes we know there is a certain target
05:37to pensioners.
05:38About our IC numbers, we have different dates and so on.
05:43You can know if someone is in the government sector or the public sector.
05:50I think a lot has been done to protect our data from being misused.
05:59And we hope it will get better from time to time.