Teacher in Kuantan claims to have lost over RM430,000 to scammers

KUANTAN: A teacher claims to have lost RM438,900 in a Macau scam in August.

Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the victim, 44, claimed she was contacted by a man who claimed to represent an insurance company in early August, to investigate a fraudulent claim of RM76,000 under her name.

When the victim denied the allegation, the suspect told her to call another number, supposedly a police officer from Ampang police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur handling the case.

“The second suspect (fake police officer) claimed that the victim was also linked to a money-laundering investigation amounting to RM2.8mil, and instructed her to open a new bank account with a sum of RM600,000 for ‘bail’ purposes.

“The victim claimed she then opened an account but was only able to raise RM439,032 and was instructed to submit all (her) banking information,” he said in a statement here Wednesday (Dec 22).

Mohd Wazir said the victim checked with her bank on Monday (Dec 20) and discovered that her account was only left with a balance of RM132.31, and that there had been many online money transfers to an unknown account.

The victim tried to get an explanation from the ‘police officer’, but the phone number was no longer in use.

The victim lodged a report at the Nenasi police station in Pekan and further investigation is being carried out under Section 420 of the Penal Code. – Bernama