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...

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Main Authors: Alavi, Khadijah, Sooed, Mohammas Syahrul Azha, Bakar, Al-Azmi
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Language:English
Published: UUM Press 2018
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29076/1/JPS%2021%202018%20105-122.pdf
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author Alavi, Khadijah
Sooed, Mohammas Syahrul Azha
Bakar, Al-Azmi
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Sooed, Mohammas Syahrul Azha
Bakar, Al-Azmi
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description 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.
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spelling uum-290762023-01-11T02:14:36Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29076/ Love Scam di Selangor: Satu Penerokaan terhadap Modus Operandi Jenayah Siber ke atas Wanita Profesional Alavi, Khadijah Sooed, Mohammas Syahrul Azha Bakar, Al-Azmi HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform 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. UUM Press 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29076/1/JPS%2021%202018%20105-122.pdf Alavi, Khadijah and Sooed, Mohammas Syahrul Azha and Bakar, Al-Azmi (2018) Love Scam di Selangor: Satu Penerokaan terhadap Modus Operandi Jenayah Siber ke atas Wanita Profesional. Jurnal Pembangunan Sosial (JPS), 21. pp. 105-122. ISSN 1394-6528
spellingShingle HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Alavi, Khadijah
Sooed, Mohammas Syahrul Azha
Bakar, Al-Azmi
Love Scam di Selangor: Satu Penerokaan terhadap Modus Operandi Jenayah Siber ke atas Wanita Profesional
title Love Scam di Selangor: Satu Penerokaan terhadap Modus Operandi Jenayah Siber ke atas Wanita Profesional
title_full Love Scam di Selangor: Satu Penerokaan terhadap Modus Operandi Jenayah Siber ke atas Wanita Profesional
title_fullStr Love Scam di Selangor: Satu Penerokaan terhadap Modus Operandi Jenayah Siber ke atas Wanita Profesional
title_full_unstemmed Love Scam di Selangor: Satu Penerokaan terhadap Modus Operandi Jenayah Siber ke atas Wanita Profesional
title_short Love Scam di Selangor: Satu Penerokaan terhadap Modus Operandi Jenayah Siber ke atas Wanita Profesional
title_sort love scam di selangor satu penerokaan terhadap modus operandi jenayah siber ke atas wanita profesional
topic HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
url https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29076/1/JPS%2021%202018%20105-122.pdf
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