Cybercrime in Malaysia – Prevention of Honey Trap on Social Media and Online Dating Applications

Norazida Mohamed 1, Nasir Sultan2, Vivien NG Wai Yan3 & Siti Jalilah Mat Husin44

Abstract
The study explores the weaknesses of the internal control mechanism of dating applications and social media platforms to prevent innocent users from fraudsters. The study applied a qualitative technique and adopted the semi-structured interviews method to achieve the study objectives. The semi-structured interviews were conducted to gain first-hand information concerning love scams. The study found that most dating applications have feeble internal control mechanisms concerning registration. Therefore, fraudsters can trace and approach potential victims easily. For the prevention of users from scammers, the identification process
should be strengthened by introducing stringent identity requirements.

Keywords: Cyber scams, Preventive measures, online love scams