In this new tactic to swindle money, emails are sent to remind the recipients of their “outstanding summonses”, together with advisory notes urging them to resolve the tickets to avoid further punitive actions.

Also included is a link to “pay the fine”. Once clicked, the recipients may fall for phishing scams.

Federal Police Commercial Crime Investigation Department Director, CP Dato’ Sri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said they have been made aware of the scam.

“Do not entertain or respond to these types of messages. The police force will never issue such a thing. Police will only issue summonses; it is already a notice of trafifc violations,” he said when contacted yesterday.

Read further on The Star’s article attached.