KUALA LUMPUR: A p-hailing driver who unwittingly got entangled in an alleged scam involving the sale of a luxury watch was shocked to see his face in news reports about the case.
The 37-year-old, who wished to be known only as Sean, claimed he was merely fulfilling a delivery request made through a p-hailing platform.
“When my friends told me about the news reports, I couldn’t sleep,” he said during a press conference organised by MCA Public Services and Complaints Department here yesterday.
He claimed that at around 7.45pm on March 3, he had accepted a request from a customer called Raymond to collect a Rolex watch from a Kuala Lumpur shopping mall and deliver it to the Seremban 2 township.
“I was told to meet a woman at a mall, inspect the watch, and deliver it (to Seremban 2),” he said.
Sean said the customer had added that the package would be picked up by a man, whom he said was the “driver for a Datuk”.
Sean claimed he was instructed to identify himself to the woman as an “employee of Raymond” when collecting the package, not a p-hailing driver.
He did as instructed and picked up the package from the woman at the mall at around 8pm.
Sean arrived at Seremban 2 at 9.28pm and handed the watch to the man. He also took a photo of the man for proof of delivery but “Raymond” asked him to delete it.
Sean said he was paid RM150 for his services, adding that he unknowingly played a part in the scam.
On March 6, at a press conference also organised by the department, Lee, a 31-year-old woman, said she had been scammed in the sale of a limited-edition Rolex Daytona watch.
She had arranged to meet “Raymond” to sell the watch for RM203,000 but was told that Raymond was busy, so his “employee” would pick up the watch instead.
Lee received two bank slips through WhatsApp and when she checked her account, the amount was reflected in her bank balance.
She handed over the watch to Sean.
However, the cheques later bounced but she was no longer able to reach Raymond.
Lee lodged a police report.
At yesterday’s press conference, the department head Datuk Seri Michael Chong said Sean had provided his statement to the police.
