{"id":5346,"date":"2022-09-26T09:33:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T09:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/malaysia-central-bank-announces-new-measures-to-combat-financial-scams\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T09:33:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T09:33:23","slug":"malaysia-central-bank-announces-new-measures-to-combat-financial-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/malaysia-central-bank-announces-new-measures-to-combat-financial-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia central bank announces new measures to combat financial scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The governor added that BNM will continue to inform the public on the latest scams-related information through a new dedicated Facebook page, Amaran Penipuan (Scam Warnings).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the same event, Inspector-General of Police Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said online scam cases in Malaysia were on an upward trend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He explained that these cases involved online sales scams, online trading scams, African scams, Macau scams, business email compromise scams, fake loans and SMS scams.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that in 2019, a total of 13,703 of these scam cases were reported, involving losses of RM539 million (US$117 million). However, in 2020, there were 17,227 cases with RM511.2 million in losses recorded.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Acryl Sani added that in 2021, the figures have increased, with 20,701 scam cases and losses amounting to RM560.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that between January and July 2022, there were more than 12,000 scam cases reported with losses amounting to more than RM400 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, other than financial scams, there have also been reports of Malaysians falling for overseas job scams lately.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Duped by lucrative job offers in countries like Cambodia and Thailand, they were whisked illegally into the country, stripped of their travel documents and forced to scam others.<\/p>\n<p>As of last Monday, Wisma Putra said 143 Malaysian victims had been rescued from Cambodia, 16 from Thailand, 27 from Laos and five from Myanmar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The governor added that BNM will continue to inform the public on the latest scams-related information through a new dedicated Facebook page, Amaran Penipuan (Scam Warnings).\u00a0 Speaking at the same event, Inspector-General of Police Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said online scam cases in Malaysia were on an upward trend.\u00a0 He explained that these cases [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,6],"tags":[450,178,71],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - 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