09-05-2025
Scammers eye teachers and retirees
JERTEH: Teachers and retirees who share personal updates such as retirement plans or feelings of loneliness on social media are increasingly being targeted by online scammers, it was revealed.
Terengganu Education Department deputy director Kamsah @Kamal Mohamed said such posts attracted scammers who exploited retirees through love scams, fake investments and bogus loans.
'Many of the victims are teachers and retirees. From January 2023 to April this year, police recorded 609 online scam cases in Terengganu with total losses amounting to RM13.5mil,' he told an online scam awareness programme organised by the National Scam Response Centre here yesterday, Bernama reported.
Kamsah said in Besut alone, 18 scam cases were recorded last year, with losses totalling RM457,438.
So far this year, he said eight more cases were reported, with RM107,157 in losses.
