Kuala Lumpur, 28th December 2020 - Malaysians lose an average of RM100,000 a day to cyber scammers as they target the increasing number of people shopping online.

Police statistics show an almost 70% spike in online shopping fraud cases this year compared with last year, as more people ditch physical stores in favour of virtual shopping as part of the new normal amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

It also means that unsuspecting Malaysian shoppers are fleeced of an average of RM100,000 a day, with each case averaging RM6,200.

Director of Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department, CP Dato’ Zainuddin Yaakob told, the vernacular daily the majority of people who were cheated paid for purchases of smartphones and car accessories priced between a few hundred and several thousand ringgit.

He said in most cases, the scammers would ask shoppers to remit half the purchase price, telling them that they need only pay the balance upon delivery of the goods.

"Once the money changed hands, the scammers would give excuses for late delivery of goods. Eventually, they would become uncontactable. Only then would shoppers realise that they had been scammed", said Dato’ Zainuddin.

Read more in The Sun’s article attached.

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