KUALA TERENGGANU: A government pensioner lost RM94,463 after falling victim to an online investment scam syndicate.
Kuala Terengganu police chief ACP Azli Mohd Noor said that on Aug 14, the 59-year-old man came across an investment advertisement on the Telegram application.
He said the victim followed instructions from the suspect by registering on an investment website.
"The victim, a resident of Batu Rakit in Kuala Nerus, initially invested RM200, and soon noticed that the profit displayed in his investment account increased sharply.
"The victim then made additional investments totalling RM94,263 across six different accounts between Aug 14 and 17, hoping to secure higher profits,” he said in a statement on Tuesday (Aug 19).
Azli added that the victim realised he had been scammed after failing to withdraw money from the investment account.
"The victim lodged a police report at 8.17pm last night after losing his pension savings of RM94,463 in an instant. The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code,” he said. - Bernama
