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WHAT IS THE HOW THE MODUS OPERANDI OF MACAU

MACAU SCAM ? SCAM ?

Scam has been  Common techniques of this gang is a spoofing


identified as a strategy through a telephone call that claims to
telecommunication be from trustworthy officials from either the
fraud originating from court or the police department
syndicates. In order to  Disguising themselves as bank officers,
trick victims into pretending the credit card charges have not
handing them a large been received by victims
sum of money,  Tricking criminals into believing that they have
perpetrators received a lucky draw and even also staged a
predominantly use local hostage abduction
and foreign lines from
Hong Kong. Sadly,  Most frequent targets for these scams are senior
crime has now spread citizens
across Asia, and 
Malaysia is not exempt.  To avoid becoming victims, what should we do?
1. By first calling the police or the financial
institution involved
2. Do not reveal any private details to any
anonymous individual, including a bank
WHAT IS THE
account number, ATM card or credit card
CONCLUTION ?
number.
3. While using their official numbers, always
MACAU SCAM !

 Do not panic quickly verify with the agency concerned and do


and do not follow the not call back any number that was given
instructions given by during the call.
the caller without
contact the financial
4. Visit the Bank Negara Malaysia website to
institution involved for obtain the latest information
further confirmation. WHAT IS THE STATISTIC ?
 Never disclose your  Out of the 16,690 cases reported to CCID last
bank account number, year, 13,724 or 80.9% of cases were solved.
ATM card or credit Federal CCID director Comm Datuk Seri
card number to Mortadza Nazarene warned the public that
strangers. when the offer is suspicious that mean its to
 Refer to BNM's official good to be true, then it is probably a scam.
website for the latest
information and advice  Recording the biggest losses at RM200.78mil,
on fraud. with Macau Scam in second and parcel scams
third.
 Do not hesitate to
contact the MACC to
 In 2018, six cases of telephone scams were
help. Security as a
made known to OFS. In 2019, that figure almost
whistleblower is fully
doubled to 11 cases. And this year, there were
guaranteed in
46 cases as at Aug 31.
accordance with the
Whistleblower PREPARED BY :

Protection Act 2010 SITI MARIAM BINTI FADZIL (2018240568(


NUR IZZATIE NAJWABINTI JAMALUDIN SHAM (2018229438)
NURUL FATEHAH BINTI AHMAD (2018637822)
NURUK EMYLIA BINTI MOHD ZAID (2018229502)

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