{"id":31091,"date":"2017-08-30T18:20:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T10:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=31091"},"modified":"2017-08-30T18:20:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T10:20:56","slug":"millennials-likely-scammed-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/millennials-likely-scammed-online","title":{"rendered":"Millennials Most Likely To Be Scammed Online"},"content":{"rendered":"
Malaysians in their 30s and below are the easiest to be duped online, said the National Consumer Complaints Centre.<\/p>\n
Citing an affinity to trendy gadgets, the centre said such consumers were most susceptible to \u201cbest price\u201d and limited edition offers.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, they fail to scrutinise the background of the sellers prior to buying the products; the result \u2013 items never arrive or are fake products,\u201d Legal and Policy Division senior manager Shabana Naseer Ahmad told a press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Referring to the NCCC Annual Report 2016, she said there were 7,371 complaints last year pertaining to online transactions, involving losses amounting to RM5 million.<\/p>\n
According to the report, the number of consumer complaints had also risen from 44,540 in 2015 to 48,563 in 2016.<\/p>\n
The losses increased from RM233.76 million in 2015 to RM255.62 million in 2016.<\/p>\n