JOHOR BARU: A finance manager has lost more than RM360,000 after falling for a fake investment scheme.
Seri Alam OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Sohaimi Ishak said the 54-year-old woman decided to take part in the alleged investment scheme after coming across an offer on Facebook in December last year.
“She clicked on a link in the online advertisement and was told that she could enjoy high rewards in a short period of time.
“The woman proceeded to follow the instructions given, where she transferred RM364,274 in total to three different bank accounts in a span of a few weeks,” he said in a statement on Wednesday (March 26).
ACP Sohaimi said the woman made 12 transactions from Feb 17 to March 21.
“When she was told to transfer more money in order to cash out her earnings, she realised that she might have been scammed,” he said.
He urged the public to be aware of scams that promise high returns in a short period of time.
“Remember to use the police’s SemakMule portal to check bank account numbers before making transactions.
“In this case, two of the three bank account numbers had been implicated in three police reports related to online investment scams,” he said.
