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Pkpb Pkpp Covid 19 Scam Alert Keratan Akhbar Pilihan Scammers Cash In On Opportunity

Published: 21 Apr 2021 3.29 AM Updated: 17 Jul 2026 3.32 AM
Kuala Lumpur, 21st April 2021 - Even as the country has been hit hard by COVID-19, scammers have taken advantage of the pandemic to prey on the weak and gullible.
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Kuala Lumpur, 21st April 2021 - Even as the country has been hit hard by COVID-19, scammers have taken advantage of the pandemic to prey on the weak and gullible.

Macau scam cases are on the rise with losses amounting to hundreds of millions of ringgit yearly.

Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) Director, CP Dato’ Zainuddin Yaacob said, 5,725 cases were reported in 2019 involving RM254.5mil in losses.
"The cases continued to spike to 6,003 cases last year. The total losses increased to RM287.3mil.

"So far, we received 1,392 cases this year with losses amounting to RM38.1mil," he said when contacted yesterday.

Read further on The Star’s article as attached.

Source: The Star

ArticlePublished 21 Apr 2021 3.29 AMUpdated 17 Jul 2026 3.32 AM