Mohd Kamarudin shows the CCID Scam Response Centre number which the public can call if they have received suspicious calls. – Bernama photo
KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): Police have detected WhatsApp and Telegram accounts owned by politicians, former senior government servants and VIPs which have been hacked to acquire details of its group members to borrow money.
Revealing the latest scam modus operandi, Bukit Aman Commercial CID director Datuk Mohd Kamarudin Md Din said the syndicates involved would hack the mobile phone application of a victim before taking over the account and contacting the victim’s friends to borrow money.
“The syndicate would impersonate the victim and send message to each member of the chat group application of the victim for a loan.
“The contacted victims may not be aware that they have become the scam victims until the host alerted its group members,” he said in a media conference here today.
Mohd Kamarudin said following the discovery of the modus operandi, police have received 1,710 reports involving losses amounting to RM11.47 million since 2020 to February this year.
He said smart phone users are advised to be careful when receiving messages from unknown individuals asking for their password.
Meanwhile, Bukit Aman CCID Scam Response Centre would be cooperating with Bank Negara Malaysia and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia (MCMC) to combat online frauds.
Mohd Kamarudin said the cooperation would help expedite…
