{"id":58625,"date":"2023-09-19T16:50:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T08:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-my-161844363.ap-southeast-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/articles\/?p=58625"},"modified":"2024-02-02T15:05:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T07:05:13","slug":"scam-alert-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/scam-alert-resources","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve Been Scammed! Now What?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scams are more common than ever. Just recently, a company director in Ipoh <\/span>lost over RM300,000<\/span><\/a> to an investment scam that he found over social media. The Star<\/em> reported that the victim was contacted via Facebook and eventually made eight transactions to deposit money into different bank accounts. <\/span><\/p>\n

Cases like these really hammers home the need to be extra vigilant when dealing with strangers and deals that are too good to be true.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately, there are systems in the palace to help those who are unfortunate enough to get scammed.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Notify your bank<\/span><\/h2>\n

The first thing you can do is immediately notify your bank via their respective scam hotline. <\/span><\/p>\n

These can be found below:<\/span><\/p>\n

Affin Bank: 03-8230 2222
\nAggro Bank: 1200-88-2476
\nAlliance Bank: 03-5516 9800
\nAmBank: 03-2178 8888
\nBank Islam: 03-2690 0900
\nBank Muamalat: 03-2615 8000
\nBank Rakyat: 1200-80-5454
\nBNP Paribas Malaysia: 03-2179 8383
\nBSN: 1200-88-1900
\nCIMB: 03-6204 7788
\nHong Leong Bank: 03-7626 8899
\nHSBC: 1300-88-1388
\nKuwait Finance House: 1300-888-534
\nMaybank: 03-5891 4744
\nMBSB: 03-2096 3000
\nOCBC: 03-8317 5000
\nPublic Bank: 03-2177 3555
\nRHB: 03-9206 8118
\nSME Bank: 03-2603 7700
\nStandard Chartered: 1300-888-888
\nUOB: 03-2612 8100<\/p>\n

In order to avoid getting scammed, you should also take the time to look up a number of resources to keep yourself informed about the potential dangers that are currently being monitored. <\/span><\/p>\n

Here are a few resources that you can follow:<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>National Scam Response Centre (NSRC)<\/span><\/h2>\n

You could also choose to contact the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) at 997.<\/p>\n

Do note that calls to NSRC must be made within 24 hours of the scam incident and within its operating hours (8am – 8pm including weekends and public holidays).<\/span><\/p>\n

Hotline:
\nhttps:\/\/nfcc.jpm.gov.my\/index.php\/en\/soalan\/mengenainsrc<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span>Follow PDRM updates on current scams<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Royal Malaysian Police also provides frequent updates on their social channels to keep Malaysians informed of the latest fraud trends that they should be on the lookout.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CyberCrimeAlertRMP\/<\/span><\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JSJKPDRM\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span>Verify suspected accounts and mobile numbers<\/span><\/h2>\n

Do you receive suspicious phone calls and emails? It is a common experience for most of us daily.\u00a0 There are ways you can verify any unknown caller or bank accoutns.<\/p>\n

You can also checking bank accounts and mobile numbers linked to fraud cases at
\nhttps:\/\/semakmule.rmp.gov.my\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Last, but not least, don\u2019t forget to file a police report.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are not sure whether you have become a victim of a scam, you can try <\/span>referring to this article<\/span><\/a> to see if there are any warning signs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is what you can do if you are a victim of a scam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":58626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[982,1493,1494,493,645],"class_list":["post-58625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-updates","tag-news","tag-nsrc","tag-rmp","tag-scam","tag-scammer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat To Do If You Have Been Scammed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Getting scammed is unfortunate, but there are some things you can do, such as contacting your banks and utilising the national scam hotline.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/scam-alert-resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What To Do If You Have Been Scammed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Getting scammed is unfortunate, but there are some things you can do, such as contacting your banks and utilising the national scam hotline.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/scam-alert-resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"iMoney Malaysia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-19T08:50:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-02T07:05:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19150917\/25.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jordan Low\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jordan Low\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/scam-alert-resources\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/scam-alert-resources\",\"name\":\"What To Do If You Have Been Scammed\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/scam-alert-resources#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/scam-alert-resources#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19150917\/25.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-19T08:50:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-02T07:05:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/#\/schema\/person\/504ffd45ac95c1aed85e1dfc7d4c4ea6\"},\"description\":\"Getting scammed is unfortunate, but there are some things you can do, such as contacting your banks and utilising the national scam hotline.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/scam-alert-resources#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/scam-alert-resources\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/scam-alert-resources#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19150917\/25.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19150917\/25.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628,\"caption\":\"Image Source: By rawpixels.com at freepik.com\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/scam-alert-resources#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News Updates\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/category\/news-updates\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"I\u2019ve Been Scammed! 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