GEORGE TOWN: A woman here lost more than RM900,000 after falling victim to a phone scam syndicate.
George Town OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Rozak Muhammad said the 48-year-old tuition teacher received an SMS at about noon on April 11 from an unknown number informing her that her bank card had been used.
"The victim was asked to transfer money from her personal account into her company account for investigation purposes," he said.
ACP Abdul Rozak said subsequently on April 11 and 14, the victim transferred a total of RM800,000 to her company account and at the same time handed over a one-time password (OTP) to the suspect.
He said at about 8pm, the victim conducted a check on her company account and found a total of 32 online money transfers had been wired to several different bank accounts.
He said in total RM919,990 had been swindled from the victim.
ACP Abdul Rozak said the victim came forward to lodge a police report to enable an investigation to be carried out.
"We advise the public not to feel afraid or panic if they receive any phone calls from unknown individuals.
"Immediately end the phone call and verify with the authorities through the SemakMule portal (https://semakmule.rmp.gov.my) or go to any nearby police station," he said.
The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code.
