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SEREMBAN: A retired teacher has lost ringgit 1,824,714.83 to a Macau scam syndicate, the most recent case in just a few months involving former teachers and millions of ringgit.
As in many of the previous cases, the caller had claimed that the victim was involved in money laundering here two months ago.
The head of Negeri Sembilan’s Commercial Crime Investigation Department, Aibee Abd Ghani, said the 66-year-old woman received a call from a man who introduced himself as “Sergeant Albert Lai” from the Pahang District Police Headquarters on 28 October.
“The man claimed that the victim was involved in an illegal money laundering and cheating case. Then on October 31, the victim received another call from a man who introduced himself as ‘Inspector Yong’ from Bukit Aman.
“Yong requested the victim’s bank account details and instructed him to transfer all the money from his bank account to various other accounts for investigation purposes and asked the victim not to inform his relatives.”
Aibee said the scared victim then transferred all her savings, in stages, to the bank accounts provided by Yong.
“The victim only realized that she was deceived after she told her son. Yesterday he presented a police report, ”he said.
His case is the latest in a staggering list of retired teachers who lose millions to Macau scammers.
On April 1, a man in his 60s lost 2.9 million ringgit at the hands of Macau scammers in Pontian; On July 7, another 71-year-old retired teacher in Petaling Jaya was scammed out of RM1.07 million and on September 16, a 64-year-old retired teacher said he lost RM500,000 in Johor Bahru.
More recently, on October 6, a 49-year-old woman in Kajang, also a retired teacher, lost RM1.13 million to scammers, while just three days ago, on December 21, a former teacher in Penang reported that was tricked. RM512, 316.
Meanwhile, in SUNGAI PETANI, a cattle farmer became RM202,909 impoverished after being the victim of a member of the Macau scam syndicate who told the victim that he had business tax arrears recorded under his company on Monday.
The head of Kedah’s Commercial Crime Investigation Department, Elias Omar, said the 32-year-old man received a call from a woman who introduced herself as an officer of the Internal Revenue Board (IRB).
“The victim denied the matter and the call was later connected to a man claiming to be an inspector for the Pahang contingent police station. Later, the call was connected to another man who claimed to be a police officer with the title Datuk.
“The suspect then asked the victim to use his WhatsApp and open the link provided to fill in the personal details for further investigation.
“Without further checks, the victim filled in his personal and company details. Later, he sensed something was wrong and checked his company’s bank account balance.
“It found that eight online transactions worth RM 202,909 were made on six different bank accounts.”
