{"id":14568,"date":"2015-03-13T17:17:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T09:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=14568"},"modified":"2015-03-13T17:17:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T09:17:51","slug":"cops-warn-public-of-money-scam-syndicates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/cops-warn-public-of-money-scam-syndicates","title":{"rendered":"Cops Warn Public Of Money Scam Syndicates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Scam.000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14569\" alt=\"Scam.000\" src=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Scam.000.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Scam.000.jpg 600w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Scam.000-300x145.jpg 300w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Scam.000-103x50.jpg 103w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Bukit Aman\u2019s Commercial Crime Investigation Department\u2019s (CCID) statistics, RM177.15mil was lost to conmen and money scam syndicates last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/news_table.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14572 aligncenter\" alt=\"news_table\" src=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/news_table.png\" width=\"564\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/news_table.png 564w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/news_table-300x99.png 300w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/news_table-150x50.png 150w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/news_table-560x187.png 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Out of the 16,690 cases reported to CCID last year, 13,724 or 80.9% of cases were solved.<\/p>\n<p>Federal CCID director Comm Datuk Seri Mortadza Nazarene warned the public that when the offer is too good to be true, then it is most probably a scam. Despite the numerous warnings and awareness by the authorities on the danger of money scams, there were still people who were ignorant and continue to fall prey to these conmen.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the public must remember that there is no such thing as easy money. By thinking so, the public are making themselves an easy target for the scammers waiting to prey on such victims.<\/p>\n<p><em>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/News\/Nation\/2015\/03\/13\/No-such-thing-as-easy-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"no follow\">Source<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many continue to harbour hopes of striking it rich quick and easy. 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