Teachers among top victims of online scammers in Johor

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Teachers are among the top victims who fall for scammers, says Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat.  He revealed that 117 cases of teachers getting scammed in Johor have been reported as of September this year.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/57pe6aj5  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 So, there are state staff who were also scammed.

00:05 We are taking steps to help avoid being scammed.

00:13 We have finished hosting a town hall meeting on anti-scammer.

00:21 We have invited the participants from schools, teachers,

00:31 and the National KWSP LHUDN, Ministry of Education.

00:37 This is a good thing for us.

00:42 Because of this collaboration, we will fight against the scammers.

00:49 This is a way for us to build trust among our people,

00:56 especially the people of Jawa, to become scammers.

01:01 From the statistics, we found that the scammers are mostly teachers.

01:10 We are taking this opportunity to invite many teachers to attend this town hall session.

01:18 We feel that this is a good opportunity.

01:22 I will hold another town hall session to discuss this.

01:29 This is a good opportunity to avoid being scammed.

01:41 What made you become a scammer?

01:47 We found that one of the teachers in Jawa is a teacher who earns more than RM50,000.

01:55 The majority of teachers are scammers.

02:03 The scammers do not choose victims.

02:06 But the majority of teachers are victims.

02:12 We teach them to avoid being victims.

02:20 There are other scammers too.

02:25 Can you give us a brief description of the reports you received?

02:30 I cannot give you a detailed description.

02:35 But the important thing is to make sure that we do not become scammers.

02:43 Not just teachers, but all the employees.

02:50 These are the three elements that I discussed.

02:59 The important element is the account.

03:02 When we give our account to someone, we will be a scammer.

03:11 Or when we give our account to someone, we will be a victim.

03:16 We will be a drug dealer.

03:20 We can be arrested.

03:23 Even if we do not commit any crime, we can still be a victim.

03:34 Thank you.

03:35 [END]

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