Did You Know?
Malaysians have lost more than RM750mil to scams in the last three years. Fraudsters are using different methods and channels to trick their victims every day.
Learn more about these five most common scams and frauds to which a large number of people fall victim to.
What is Wangiri?
It is a method of generating short calls and leaving missed call notifications on people’s phones. Each one rings just once and then hangs up.
Modus Operandi
Fraudsters leave a missed call to victims (typically from international numbers) which then deceives the victim to return the call where they will get charged at premium rates. During the callback, fraudsters will try to keep victims on the line as long as possible, either with a real person talking on the other end or an IVR message playing, and this is how they earn revenue while the victim is charged an exorbitant rate for the call.
What to look out for?
Short call durations, or missed calls
typically with international numbers.
How to respond?
Avoid calling back when you get an international missed call.
If in case you call back to a premium rate number, disconnect the call immediately.
Do not share any personal information.
Report to your mobile operator and provide them with details of the number from which you received a call.
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