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Malaysians aged above 60 are prime targets for scammers given most of them are retirees with decades worth of savings and wealth.
Kuala Lumpur, 13th June 2024 - The number of scam victims among senior citizens has been on the rise in recent years.
Malaysians aged above 60 are prime targets for scammers given most of them are retirees with decades worth of savings and wealth.
Lately, reports of senior citizens being duped of hundreds of thousands to even millions of ringgit have become concerningly more prevalent.
“For the past three years, the number of senior citizen scam victims has steadily increased.
“It is a cause of concern and must be prevented,” Director of Commercial Crime Investigation Department, CP Dato’ Sri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said in an interview recently.
The department recorded a total of 86,266 victims of scams since 2021, he said.
“While senior citizens only account for 6.4% of the total victims, their losses are massive compared to other age groups.
“From 2021 till last year, a total of RM2.7 billion was lost to scams. The losses suffered by senior citizens was half a billion ringgit or 20% of the total losses,” he said.
As of May this year, a total of 990 senior citizens have already been duped by scams, Dato’ Sri Ramli said.
“Their losses have reached about RM130.4 million, which is 27.7% of the total RM471.5 million in overall losses to scams this year,” he said.
Read further on The Star’s article attached.
