Bukit Aman commercial crime investigation department director Ramli Yoosuf said e-commerce crime cases were the highest at 10,993, followed by telecommunications crime (9,526); non-existent investments (5,036); non-existent loans (4,018); e-financial crime (2,006) and love scams (883).

He said the number of cases increased by 37.5% from January to November this year compared to 23,608 cases in the same period last year.

“The non-existent investment cases recorded the biggest loss at RM421 million, followed by e-commerce crime (RM382 million); telecommunications crime (RM327.9 million); e-financial crime (RM103.6 million); love scams (RM40.9 million) and non-existent loans (RM38.5 million).

“The amount of losses increased by 33% from January to November this year compared to RM771.1 million in the same period last year,” he told a press conference after launching the Scam Free Malaysia Carnival at Pavilion Bukit Jalil here today.

The carnival is a collaboration between Whoscall Malaysia and Bukit Aman to combat commercial crime in the country.

Whoscall is a mobile app developed by Gogolook that offers caller identification services.

Ramli said the number of calls answered showed a 50% drop from 66,810 to 34,996 since their collaboration started in January.