Love Scam di Selangor: Satu Penerokaan terhadap Modus Operandi Jenayah Siber ke atas Wanita Profesional

Love Scam is a cyber or commercial crime targeting women, especially professional women’s who have lost millions of ringgit in Malaysia. This study explores the factor of victim involvement and modus operandi used by the scammer. The interviews were conducted at the District Police Headquarters (IPP...

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Published in:Jurnal Pembangunan Sosial 2018-01, Vol.21, p.105
Main Authors: Alavi, Khadijah, MOHAMMAS SYAHRUL AZHA SOOED, Al-Azmi, Bakar
Format: Article
Language:eng ; may
Subjects:
Crime
Fraud
Head offices
Internet access
Leisure
Love
Mass media images
Perpetrators
Police
Professional women
Social media
Taxation
Victims
Working women
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Summary:Love Scam is a cyber or commercial crime targeting women, especially professional women’s who have lost millions of ringgit in Malaysia. This study explores the factor of victim involvement and modus operandi used by the scammer. The interviews were conducted at the District Police Headquarters (IPPD) in Selangor. A total of five love scam victims were interviewed, with the assistance of police officers dealing with commercial crime cases. The findings show that prominent factors identified are the perpetrators sweet talk, socializing, easy internet access and self pressure among victims. The modus operandi often used by the perpetrators to trap victims is through fraud profile picture in social media, fake sweet promises, and packaged delivery and posing as representatives of tax agencies.
ISSN:1394-6528
2600-8165
DOI:10.32890/jps.21.2018.11558