00:00Conspiring as a friend is one of the many categories of fraud.
00:06According to records since 2024,
00:10a total of 454 such cases
00:14involve losses exceeding 2.272 million.
00:22The usual tactic used
00:25is to send a WhatsApp message
00:29claiming to know the victim.
00:32The suspect then claimed
00:34that he was in trouble
00:36and wanted to borrow money from the victim.
00:39The victim would be asked to transfer the money
00:42to a certain account,
00:44which is a bank account.
00:47Now, the fraud tactic used
00:49has evolved
00:51to the use of a voice
00:53similar to the victim's acquaintance.
00:56According to a media statement
00:58by the head of Kuala Terengganu Police
01:00on 23 August 2024,
01:04a police report was received
01:06in Kuala Terengganu
01:07regarding this latest fraud tactic
01:10involving a 63-year-old victim.
01:15In this case,
01:16the victim, who worked as a tourist agent,
01:19was deceived when he was contacted
01:21by an unknown number
01:23who then claimed to know the victim.
01:26According to a voice similar to the victim's acquaintance,
01:30the victim agreed to lend
01:3349,800 ringgit
01:37and the amount was transferred
01:39to the given account.
01:42The Malaysian Royal Police did not deny
01:44the possibility that deepfake technology
01:47was used in this case
01:49to deceive the victim's acquaintance.
01:52The investigation continues under Section 420
01:55of the Penal Code.
01:58Among other things,
01:59two more police reports were received
02:02on 23 August 2024,
02:05each in Kuala Lumpur
02:07and Penang
02:09involving the same fraud tactic.
02:12For the case in Kuala Lumpur,
02:14the victim, a 26-year-old woman
02:17who worked as an interior designer,
02:20was deceived by 3,000 ringgit
02:23after being contacted by her friend
02:25for the purpose of lending money.
02:28The friend is an inverted comma.
02:30Meanwhile,
02:31for the case in Penang,
02:34the victim, a 50-year-old woman
02:37who was a housewife,
02:39was deceived by 4,800 ringgit
02:43by her acquaintance
02:45who claimed to have lost her wallet and phone.
02:49Both cases are being investigated
02:51under Section 420 of the Penal Code.
02:55Based on this development,
02:57it is expected that the same tactic
02:59will continue to be used
03:01by fraud syndicates
03:03to deceive the victim.
03:04Based on this development,
03:06it is expected that the same tactic
03:07will continue to be used
03:08by fraud syndicates
03:09to deceive the victim.
03:11Indeed, it is advised
03:13that the people take preventive measures
03:16to avoid
03:18becoming the victim of fraud.
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