IPOH: A company director from Teluk Intan has been cheated of RM98,550 over a supposed contract to supply teaching equipment.
Hilir Perak Police chief ACP Ahmad Adnan Basri said that the 53-year old woman was contacted over WhatsApp by an individual at 9am on Nov 29.
"The suspect offered the victim a contract to supply a projector (listed as teaching equipment) that cost RM150,000.
"The suspect also provided a fake letter said to be from the 'education office', which the victim believed," he said in a statement on Wednesday (Dec 11).
"The victim said that her company could not supply teaching equipment as her company only dealt with stationery.
"The suspect then gave the victim the number of a 'supplier' to purchase the equipment from," he said.
He added that the victim then contacted the 'supplier' and made three online transfers amounting to a total of RM98,550.
He said after almost a month, the victim could not contact the supplier and then realised she had been scammed before lodging a police report.
