KULAI: A company lost RM137,600 after being duped into paying for a non-existent tender involving the supply of electric generator machines to an industrial training institute located in Tangkak.
Kulai OCPD Asst Comm Tan Seng Lee said the company’s manager, a 32-year-old local woman, lodged a police report about the matter on Monday (Feb 16).
He said the victim claimed her company suffered losses amounting to RM137,600 after being deceived by an individual offering a tender to supply generator machines to the institute.
“The company had agreed to purchase six portable generator machines along with four battery units worth RM137,600.
“Attracted by the tender offer, the victim made three payment transactions totalling RM137,600 into a local bank account between Feb 10 and Feb 13,” he said here on Tuesday (Feb 17).
However, the victim later contacted the institute to verify the tender.
“She was informed that there was no tender at present for the supply of generator machines and electric cables,” he said.
Realising that she had been cheated, the victim lodged a police report. The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating involving a non-existent project tender.
ACP Tan urged the public not to be easily deceived by offers of non-existent projects and advised the public to use online services provided by the Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID), such as the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC), CCID Infoline and Semak Mule, and to obtain the latest information on commercial crime modus operandi through the police official Facebook pages.
