KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): As many as 18 cases of syndicate members impersonating as Inland Revenue Board (IRB) officers involving losses of about RM636,311 were reported from Jan 1 to Feb 9 this year. IRB, in a statement today, said that the information was obtained from cases reported by the media. In addition, the public can also check the modus operandi of the syndicate at http://www.hasil.gov.my/bt_goindex.php bt_kump=10&bt_skum=1&bt_posi=1&bt_unit=2&bt_sequ=1. As part of efforts to raise public awareness, IRB has also utilised both mainstream and social media in addition to sending official email via [email protected] with infographics as a reminder relating to scammer activities. “To date, a total of 2,927,400 e-mails have been sent to e-mail addresses in the IRB database and another 814,865 are still in the delivery process,” the statement said.

Source: The Edge Markets February 11, 2021 04:30 UTC