Scam victim? Here's what you need to know and do

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 -- Once a scammer has achieved their goal, does the victim finally get off the hook? The answer is no. In fact, many victims find themselves targeted repeatedly. Phillip Ling, CelcomDigi's head of sustainability, points out, it's not uncommon for the same person to fall for scams again and again. Why is this so? "If the scammer has successfully scammed you through an identification spoof scam, you are already in their radar as they have all your details in the system, and this will be used for other scams which they have designed as 'follow-up' scams. "The sophistication of the scammers are still being undermined by Malaysians because to me, if someone can call me and tell me my name and identification card number, I have to believe that my data is already compromised," Ling said in an interview with Malay Mail. He added that Malaysians are still very vulnerabl...