KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has denied disseminating an advisory on social media relating to the existence of a ‘Sim Swap’ scam.
Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf stated the police had detected the message being circulated on WhatsApp and Facebook, allegedly coming from ‘PDRM CCID’.
“The message is pretend. This division has by no means disseminated such a message and no police studies have been obtained regarding this modus operandi,” he stated in a press release as we speak.
According to the message, victims would obtain a name and be requested to press ‘1’ on their telephone, resulting in their system being hacked and brought over by the legal to switch all of the victims’ cash to a different account.
Therefore, Ramli reminded all telephone customers to not click on on any suspicious hyperlinks and to not comply with any directions obtained from unknown people.
He additionally stated that every one advisories and bulletins issued by CCID are made by means of official print and digital media in addition to on-line through PDRM and CCID official portals.
Ramli additionally reminded the general public to chorus from spreading such messages to keep away from inflicting misery and to contact the closest police station or CCID Infoline at 013-2111222 for verification or queries. – eNM
