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KEPALA BATAS: A housewife lost 136,000 ringgit after being the victim of a scam syndicate in Macau that misled her into believing that she was under investigation for “selling” a bank account to a man for 10,000 ringgit.
The victim, in her 70s, is alleged to have pocketed RM 23,000 from the transaction made by an “inspector” from Johor Police Headquarters.
North Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Noorzainy Mohd Noor said the scam started with a phone call from a man claiming to be an employee at the Kuala Lumpur post office.
“He told the victim that he has a package with an identity card and eight ATM cards. The call was subsequently transferred to a “police inspector”.
“The officer stated that the victim was a suspect in one case and that he should cooperate.
“Shocked and scared, the victim followed his instructions to transfer his money through an ATM near his home,” he said.
ACP Noorzainy said the victim made seven transactions in four bank accounts provided by the scammers.
“They told him the money was for research purposes,” he said.
Subsequently, the victim felt that something was wrong before filing a report.
The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
ACP Noorzainy urged the public not to be fooled by phone calls made by unverified callers and to contact the nearest police station for help.
A Macau scam often begins with a phone call from someone posing as a bank official, government agency, or debt collector.
The scammer will then claim that the potential victim owes money or has an unpaid fine that needs to be resolved, often within a very short period of less than an hour or they will face “dire consequences.”
These unions will also pay drug addicts and the unemployed to use their bank accounts to receive payments from victims.
To make the scam more convincing, these unions often use Voice Over Internet Protocol or spoofing to make the caller’s ID number on the victim’s phone identical to the phone number. From the agency they pretend to be
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