NILAI, 4 MAR 2016 –Freshmans from the program of Islamic Banking and Finance , Faculty of Economics and Muamalat , Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia ( USIM ) implemented ” Anti Multilevel Marketing ( MLM ) and SKiM Cepat Kaya ( SKM ) Campaign: Do not waste your PTPTN ! “.

The campaign, which began on Monday ( February 29, 2016 ) officially ended yesterday ( 3 March 2016 ) aims to bring awareness to USIM students who received loans from Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi National (PTPTN ) , scholarships and other financial assistance for education before being invested in any MLM and SKM scheme.

The campaign kicked off with the launch of a student vehicle convoy by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs and Alumni ) USIM , Prof. Dato ‘ Dr. Hassan Basri Awang Mat Dahan and  he visited spots in the Campus Student Facilities Center, faculty and the bus stop for distributing pamphlets and posters .

Other events in the campaign that will be continuously done include the ‘ Speaking Corner ‘ session with officials from the Finance Management and Counselling Agency (KPK) and the representatives of the students. The highlight was interviewing ‘ MLM and Get Rich Quick Scheme Dilemma“which took place in the Lecture Hall Four.

Prof. Dato ‘ Dr. Hassan Basri Awang Mat Dahan praised the initiative taken by the students to launch this campaign. “We want this campaign to create awareness among students early on to not get caught up with MLM and SKM, while those who already joined such scheme will not continue the harmful activity anymore.”

“The students are not exactly venturing into any legitimate form of business, but instead using the money received from education funds to gain monetary benefits. University students are the main target and they are the easy prey to fraudulent business scheme (scam) is. They obscure the students as if it is a legitimate MLM or SKM and sometimes they even use religious approach to attract members”.

“University Management realized there had been students who were trapped and become victims of this irresponsible and harmful scam. Although no official figures are shown, these activities are monitored and campaigns such as this in university is strongly supported and implemented, “he said.

Hamim Musa, 20, expressed his sympathy to the people out there, including university students who were deceived by MLM and get rich quick scheme. “Education funds should be used for academic subjects such as buying books, stationery and more. Taking advantage of the money is easy and quick as well as it is deceptive, but as a student of the university, they cannot continue to believe in such scam and they should invest the money for their education instead”.

The implementation of this campaign is the first time and it has received a positive response from the campus and it is expected to give confidence to the USIM students especially to not be influenced by any party invitation to participate in such schemes.

 

Prepared by:

Mohd Zaini Othman
Strategic Communication Centre (StraComm)
Level 1, Chancellory Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)
71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan

Tel : 06-798 8026/8027/6284 Faks : 06-798 8204