BUKIT MERTAJAM: A clerk at a private company in Prai here lost RM359,150 after being deceived by a phone scam syndicate.
To rub salt into the wound, the scammers even tricked her into showing up in court for the hearing of the "case" against her.
Central Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Helmi Aris said the 60-year-old woman lodged a report on Saturday (Dec 13), and investigations are being conducted under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
"The victim said that while at work on March 7, she received a phone call from a man claiming to be a representative of an e-commerce company.
"He said that her personal data had been used in the sale of counterfeit medicine, which had caused a consumer to be hospitalised.
"The call was then transferred to a 'police officer', who informed the victim that she was also implicated in money laundering and instructed her to cooperate with the police for further investigations,” he said in a statement on Tuesday (Dec 16).
Helmi added that the woman made 27 transactions into nine different bank accounts, totalling RM359,150, between March 7 and Oct 1.
"The suspect even instructed her to attend court proceedings at Light Street on Dec 13.
"The victim went to the court and waited until all proceedings were completed, but her name was not called.
"Upon checking at the court counter, she discovered that her name was not listed in any case nor in the court records," he said. – Bernama
