SHAH ALAM: A total of 549 fraud and cheating cases have been recorded in Selangor since January, resulting in RM33.7mil in losses, say the police.
Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Arjunaidi Mohamed said the Selangor Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) opened 405 investigation papers on online scam and cyber crimes while 144 other cases were non-online fraud cases.
“Online and cyber crimes contributed to 73.8% of investigation papers opened by the department,” he said in a statement on Tuesday (March 1).
Several cases involved victims and companies suffering losses ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of ringgit after they were duped by scammers, Comm Arjunaidi said.
“The victims were duped by scammers online and some even had their online banking details hacked by syndicates.
“A company’s account executive lodged a police report on Feb 22, claiming the company suffered RM2.9mil in losses.
“It occurred when the company’s email, which was used for Internet banking, was hacked. The cyber criminals sent an email to the bank, attaching forms with forged employer signatures, asking to change the online banking ID.
“The bank approved the request without making further checks. As a result, RM2.9mil was transferred to 18 other accounts through 69 transactions,” he said.
In another case, a senior citizen was scammed from Dec 5 (last year) until Jan 24, he said.
“The…
