MUAR: A traditional healer claimed to have lost RM180,066 of his savings after being hoodwinked into joining a fake investment scheme.
Muar OCPD Asst Comm Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz said the victim was contacted by a woman via WhatsApp, who introduced the Bitcoin investment scheme to him.
“The 49-year-old victim was attracted to the high 20% to 40% profits promised by the woman ’’ he said in a statement.
ACP Raiz Mukhliz said the victim was then directed to register on the website, after which he contacted a customer service officer to start investing.
He said the victim made five transactions to two accounts of different banks from Aug 8 to Aug 12, with a total loss of RM180,066.
“The victim was informed that he had made RM391,997.24 profits and was instructed to make additional payments if he wanted to withdraw the profits,’’ added ACP Raiz Mukhliz.
He said by then, it was too late, and the victim realised that he had been cheated.
The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code deals with the offence of cheating and dishonestly inducing the delivery of property.
The offence carries a jail term of not less than one year and not more than 10 years, with whipping and a possible fine.
ACP Raiz Mukhliz reminded the public to be alert and careful, especially in matters involving financial transactions when dealing with unknown persons
The public can also go to Semak Mule, CCID Scam Response Centre at 03-26101599 or go to Facebook@jsjkpdrm and @cybercrimealertrmp
Scam victims are advised to call the National Scam Response Centre at 997 to report their case.
