{"id":63413,"date":"2024-05-14T15:50:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T07:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=63413"},"modified":"2024-05-14T17:14:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T09:14:36","slug":"banks-warn-nsrc-scammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/banks-warn-nsrc-scammers","title":{"rendered":"Beware Of Scammers Pretending To Be National Scam Response Centre Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v19.0\" nonce=\"hn3pkN4c\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) and the Association of Islamic Banking and Financial Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM) has warned everyone to stay vigilant against scammers pretending to be National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) officers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both associations released a press release together that stated that cases of scams where these scammers were impersonating (NSRC) officers were increasing in number, especially recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In these scam scenarios, the scammer will pose as a NSRC officer in an attempt to scare unsuspecting victims by alleging that their personal information, such as National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) number or mobile number, is linked to illegal or fraudulent activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How-the-NSRC-Scam-works\"><\/span><strong>How the NSRC Scam works<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s how the scam works;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scammer will call the victim pretending to be an NSRC officer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scammer would then falsely claim that the victim\u2019s identity or personal information have been used in criminal activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scammer will then use lengthy questioning tactics to mimic a real investigation, in order to lend themselves a sense of legitimacy. In some cases, this will involve repeated phone calls over a certain period of time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After getting the victim\u2019s trust, the scammer will ask the victim to leave their debit\/ATM card at an agreed location. The scammer will then use the victim\u2019s bank cards to make unauthorised transactions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABM and AIBIM stated that bank customers are urged to immediately hang up if they receive calls from individuals claiming to be NSRC officers, as NSRC only receives calls from the public and does not make any outbound calls to individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/422789980491761\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/myAIBIM\/posts\/967459882049396\"><p>Jangan layan penyamar yang meminta maklumat peribadi anda melalui panggilan telefon.<\/p>\n<p>Jika terkena scam, segera hubungi&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/myAIBIM\">Association of Islamic Banking and Financial Institutions Malaysia &#8211; AIBIM<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/myAIBIM\/posts\/967459882049396\">Wednesday, April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Basic-tips-to-defend-against-scammers\"><\/span><strong>Basic tips to defend against scammers<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the press release, they also reminded banking customers that official bank agents will never ask them for their sensitive information such as :\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credit\/ debit card number and card verification value (CVV) number\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online banking username and password<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SMS OTP\/ TAC numbers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABM and AIBIM also gave some tips to help the public defend themselves against various types of scams such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never click on hyperlinks from unknown numbers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never download any apps from links, especially on messaging apps such as Telegram and WhatsApp. Only download apps from official app stores such as Apple App Store and Google PlayStore<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never share your banking username and password with anyone, including friends and family members<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never entertain phone calls or messages from unknown mobile phone numbers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) and the Association of Islamic Banking and Financial Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM) has warned everyone to stay vigilant against scammers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":63426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[256,216],"tags":[578,579,1414,1493,493],"class_list":["post-63413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-news-updates","tag-abm","tag-aibim","tag-fraud","tag-nsrc","tag-scam"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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