PASIR GUDANG: A company director lost RM255,000 of his life savings after being duped by scammers posing as police and National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) officers.
Seri Alam OCPD Supt Mohd Sohaimi Ishak said the victim, in his 40s, received a phone call from a person at 9.30am on Dec 17.
“The caller informed the victim that his bank account has been used in a criminal case.
“The person then told the victim that his call would be transferred to a police officer at the Perak police contingent as it was a high-profile case,” he said in a statement here on Monday (Jan 22).
Supt Mohd Sohaimi said the victim, who fell for the ruse after speaking to the "cop", then transferred his savings to four bank accounts in seven transactions on Jan 17, in an attempt to "secure his money".
“The scammers then ordered the victim to delete all records of conversation between and at the same time, requesting him to pay a RM30,000 court bail.
“It was only then that the victim realised he had been duped,” he said, adding the police would also investigate if any mule accounts were involved in the case.
In an unrelated case, Tangkak deputy OCPD Deputy Supt Idris Abdul Rahman said a 61-year-old man lost RM442,000 after falling for a fake investment scam.
“We received a police report from the victim on Jan 18.
“The victim came across an investment mobile application, dubbed ‘FTSE VIP’ that promises high return, and poured his money in it,” he said.
DSP Idris reminded the people to not entertain any investment schemes that promise high returns.
He urged the public to call the NSRC hotline at 997 to stop the money from being transferred from their bank accounts.
Both cases are being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
