INTERACTIVE: Online scam tactics are evolving. Here’s how to protect yourself


PETALING JAYA: From offers of unbelievably cheap durian to job offers with lucrative salaries, online scammers are using new and modified tactics to lure victims into handing over their cash.

With more people going online to do everything including looking for jobs, ordering food, shopping, starting small businesses and finding customers, scammers are redesigning their modus operandi to prey on the unsuspecting.

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