KUALA TERENGGANU: A trader here has lost RM252,150 after being scammed by a syndicate over a non-existent tender.
Kuala Terengganu OCPD Asst Comm Azli Mohd Noor said the 47-year-old victim was contacted by the suspect on Dec 23 offering her the opportunity to become a vendor supplying convocation robes and uniforms for a branch campus of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) in Terengganu.
He said the suspect, also a woman, persuaded the victim to contact other members of the syndicate who were supposedly suppliers of the previous vendor to obtain the clothing supplies.
"The victim agreed to accept the tender after being shown the price quotation (for the supplies).
"The victim also made five payments to five different accounts to buy the materials using her company money totalling RM252,150," he said in a statement on Tuesday (Dec 31).
According to ACP Azli, the victim only realised she had been scammed after checking with the relevant parties and learning that there were no orders for the items. – Bernama
