KLUANG: A former company manager lost RM241,000 after being duped by a phone scam syndicate that claimed the victim was involved in a money laundering case.
Kluang district police chief, ACP Bahrin Mohd Noh, said the victim, who filed a police report on Saturday (Dec 13), reported receiving a phone call from an unknown number purporting to be from the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) on Nov 6.
He said the suspect then told the 47-year-old victim that an irresponsible party had used his phone number and was then connected to the Terengganu police contingent headquarters.
"The victim was also told that an arrest warrant had been issued in his name and asked to transfer all his money to the account provided, and from Nov 18 to 27, the victim made payments to seven different accounts.
"Realising that he had been cheated after failing to get his money back, a police report was filed. The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code," he said in a statement on Sunday (Dec 14). – Bernama
