Royal Police Malaysia appointed Whoscall to combat fraud and scam phone calls

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Scam calls are getting out of hand these days. To tackle the issue, Whoscall has been appointed by the Royal Police Malaysia (PDRM) as the strategic partner to fight against serious fraud crime in Malaysia. This collaboration involves fraud number database sharing from the PDRM CCID portal to Whoscall's data system as an updated and reliable caller ID application for Malaysians. 

Whoscall is powered by Gogolook, a 100 million download caller ID application with the largest database in East Asia and Southeast Asia. During the launching ceremony, Manwoo Joo, Chief Operating Officer of Gogolook said it's the fifth partnership with global police departments to strengthen the anti-fraud alliance against scammers.

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The partnership between Whoscall and PDRM ramps up the ongoing PDRM Anti-Scam Campaign. Liew Voon Chang, a Malaysia Representative of Gogolook added that Whoscall was specifically developed to act as the first line of defence. According to the latest statistics provided by CCID, a total of 30,560 cases were reported between January and December 2022 compared to 2021 with 31,490 cases.

Whoscall users can search phone numbers from unsolicited messages and call against Whoscall’s growing list of potential scam-related numbers and reveal unknown caller IDs using their free app. Users can also manually update and also add numbers to the block list. 

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Attending the launch were the Directors of Royal Police Malaysia and Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) YDH CP Dato’ Sri Mohd Kamarudin Bin Md Din, Deputy Director of CCID DCP, Dato Muhammed Hasbullah Bin Ali and DCP Dato’ Dr Mustafa Khan Bin Abdul Samat, together with the partners, Manwoo Joo, Chief Operating Officer of Gogolook and Gilbert Pang, President of Worldwide Wellness Club (WWC).

Other than data sharing, Whoscall and PDRM CCID are also joining forces to organise a nationwide tour to schools and universities to educate the public about scam prevention and introduce Whoscall applications to block spam calls. You can now start downloading Whoscall app now for free right over here. For more information on the nationwide tour and updates, you can follow its Facebook page here.