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SEREMBAN (December 24): A retired teacher lost RM1,824,714.83 after being preyed upon by a Macao Scam union member who claimed the victim was involved in money laundering here two months ago.
The head of the Negeri Sembilan Police Contingent (IPK) Headquarters Commercial Crime Investigation Department, Superintendent 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 October 28.
“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.
“Inspector Yong requested the victim’s bank account details and instructed him to transfer all the money from his bank account for investigation purposes and asked the victim not to inform his relatives,” he said in a statement today.
Aibee said the frightened victim then transferred all her savings, in stages, to various bank accounts provided by the suspect.
“The victim only realized that she was deceived after she told her son about the incident before filing a police report yesterday,” he said.
Meanwhile, at ALOR SETAR, a cattle breeder became RM202,909 poorer after falling victim to 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, Superintendent Elias Omar, said that the 32-year-old man from Sungai Petani received a call from a woman who introduced herself as an Interior Revenue Board (IRB) officer.
“The victim denied the matter and the call was later related to a man who disguised himself as an inspector from the Pahang contingent police headquarters (IPK Pahang). The call was later connected to another man claiming to be a police officer with the rank of Datuk from IPK Pahang.
“The suspect then asked the victim to open his WhatsApp application before being asked to open the link in the message provided to fill in the personal information for further investigation.
“Without further checks, the victim filled in his personal and company details before beginning to feel that something was wrong and verified the balance of his company bank account.
“The victim discovered that there were eight online transactions worth RM 202,909 in six different bank accounts,” he said, adding that yesterday the victim filed a police report at the Baling District Police Headquarters. – Bernama
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