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Besmartstayalert Letsfightscammertogether Keratan Akhbar Pilihan Scam Alert Ecommerce Fraud Cases Outnumber Those Of Investments And Loans
Kuala Lumpur, 3rd October 2023 - When Covid-19 struck in early 2020 and millions of people were stuck at home with nowhere to go, online shopping started picki...
Kuala Lumpur, 3rd October 2023 - When Covid-19 struck in early 2020 and millions of people were stuck at home with nowhere to go, online shopping started picking up and not long after, so did ecommerce scams.
According to the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID), over RM305.94 million was lost to ecommerce scams between 2021 and August 2023.
CCID Director, CP Dato' Sri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf told The Star that over the last three years, his department had observed that ecommerce scams were becoming more prevalent nationwide.
Ecommerce scams refer to fraudulent online shopping offers and tend to feature 'sellers' offering bogus items either on online purchasing platforms or via social media platforms.
In most cases, the seller disappears without a trace once they receive payment from their victims.
"In terms of cases being reported, ecommerce has topped the charts since 2021 with 9,499 cases recorded that year, 9,253 cases in 2022 and 7,911 cases between January and August this year,” said Dato' Sri Ramli.
