CHUKAI: A civil servant and a college student in the Kemaman district lost a total of RM155,000 after falling victim to two separate scams.
Kemaman OCPD Supt Mohd Razi Rosli said that in the first case, a 40-year-old man was contacted on June 19 by an Indonesian woman he had recently befriended on social media.
He added that she persuaded the victim to join an online tourism investment scheme that promised lucrative returns, resulting in the man investing a total of RM175,510, made via eight transactions into two different bank accounts between June 19 and 24.
"But the victim became dissatisfied and felt cheated when he only received returns amounting to RM90,510.
"He lodged a police report when he could not get hold of the investment agent or the woman,” he said in a statement on Thursday (June 26).
In the second case, Supt Razi said the 20-year-old college student was contacted by a man posing as a police officer on Sunday (June 22).
"The suspect claimed that the student was involved in money laundering and needed to make a payment to avoid arrest.
"Overcome with fear and panic, the student made three payments totalling RM70,000 through an ATM on Tuesday and Wednesday (June 24 and 25) using funds from an education loan and a recent inheritance,” he said. – Bernama
