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BALIK PULAU: A 27-year-old doctor was scammed out of more than RM20,000 after receiving a call allegedly from the Internal Revenue Board (LHDN) and the police.
Balik Pulau OCPD Superintendent A. Anbalagan said the victim, who works in a private clinic, received a call on October 24 around 1 pm from a man who introduced himself as “Dato Ridzuan” from the LHDN office in Kelantan.
“The victim was at his workplace in Taman Pantai Jerejak when he accepted the call.
“They told him that he has 18 months of back taxes registered in his name with a company called Syarikat Umika Trading,” he said.
Superintendent Anbalagan said that the Persiaran Bayan Indah victim, however, denied that the company was his before the call was transferred to “Kelantan Police Headquarters.”
The victim was then told that he was a suspect in a drug trafficking and money laundering case, and that a deputy prosecutor would contact him and cooperate with the investigation.
“On the same day, at approximately 2 pm, the victim received around 12 TAC (Transaction Authorization Code) messages from her bank after making several transactions.
“He shared the codes with the suspect after they told him to solve his case,” he said.
Superintendent Anbalagan said the victim went to a bank in Pantai Jerejak on Monday to verify his account and found RM20,168.68 missing.
It added that the victim, realizing he had been scammed, filed a police report at the Queensbay police station later Monday.
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