Over the recent years, cases of scams have been on the rise causing many people to lose their hard-earned money. Unfortunately for this lecturer, she has also fallen into the scammer’s trap, causing her and her husband to lose over half a million ringgit in savings.
38yo M’sian lecturer loses over RM500,000 to scammer who posed as a police officer & courier employee
According to local newspaper NST, on August 8, at around 3pm, the 38-year-old lecturer has received a call from the scammers, posing as an employee from a courier company. She was told that she had two parcels in the courier office that contained five identification cards, five passports, and five ATM cards belonging to others.
Source: Liza Summer (Pexels). For illustration purposes.
Muallim District Police Chief, Superintendent Mohd Hasni Mohd Nasir said that the phone call was then ‘transferred’ to the Perak State Police Contingent Headquarters (IPK) and Bukit Aman (Royal Malaysia Police Headquarters) where the ‘verification’ procedure happened.
“The scammers then posed as police officers telling the lecturer that she had been involved in cases of human trafficking and money laundering”, he added.
Realised too late and loses over half a million ringgit
The scammers also told the victim that an arrest warrant has been issued against her, and she was asked to make a fund transfer to proof that she wasn’t involved in any illegal activities. Following her case, investigations have shown that the woman had made a total of 25 transactions to 16 different account holders.
Source: Anna Shvets (Pexels). For illustration purposes.
Unfortunately, she only realised that she was deceived and conned after her husband had confronted her about her rapid change of behavior. Prior to her husband confronting her, she was also borrowing money from her husband to make payments, resulting in a RM 537,659.89 loss.
As of now, Mohd Hasni mentioned that the case is being investigated under section 420 of the Penal Code and advised the public to be wary of such scams.
He also urged the public to use the website http:/semakmule.rmp.gov.my or contact CCID INFOLINE at 013-2111222 and CCID RESPONSE CENTRE at 03-26101559/03-26101599 to verify any suspicious calls.
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