PETALING JAYA: She was on a hunt for a job and messages kept coming from a job networking and recruitment site. About 61.2 million fake accounts were taken down at the registration stage while 22.2 million were removed before members reported about them. Crime analyst Kamal Affandi Hashim said job scams manifest rampantly in the digital era. “The economy of scale versus effort makes it tempting for criminals.”He said a fake job offer is a goldmine to those who are attempting to make money in the shortest time. “This includes fake job offers where victims are promised high-paying remote work and asked to pay for ‘training’ or ‘registration’ fees.

Source: The Star January 10, 2026 12:54 UTC