Bus drivers lose RM60,000 in money game

At 9.02 am(0102gmt), the local note was traded at 4.3960/4010 against the greenback from 4.4100/4150 at 6pm on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR: More money game victims are now coming forward to make their plight public.

Two school bus drivers from Cheras lost more than RM60,000 after investing in an online shopping scheme back in 2013.

The scheme, called Boss Venture Malls, promised 1.5% dividends every day.

However both men claimed they have yet to receive a single sen in dividends since 2014.

"I got suspicious when my upline sent us a message on April 30 telling us not to worry about the recent slew of money games, such as JJPTR, that have collapsed.

"He assured us that our investment is still safe and urged us to be patient and continue to wait," said one of the bus drivers, who wanted to be known only as Yap.

Yap, 56, invested RM33,000 of his retirement savings into the scheme.

When he received the call, he realised that it was a money game.

"I just realised I'm a victim of a money game. I don't want others to fall into the same trap as I did," he told reporters during a press conference at the Cheras MCA division office at Taman Midah here on Friday.

Both Yap and his other bus driver friend, who wanted to be known only as Ng, made a police report on May 23 with the help of MCA.

Cheras Wanita MCA chairman Heng Sinn Yee urged more victims to make police reports so that investigations could be conducted.

"If no police report is made, many of these money game schemes continue to evade detection.

"We want these schemes to be listed on Bank Negara's Financial Consumer Alert as soon as possible so that the public can be alerted to their dubious nature," she said.

Since April this year, stories of money games collapsing have grabbed headlines, including JJPTR, Richway Global Venture and Change Your Life.