FRESH fruit is always a welcome treat, what more when one comes across a good deal online.
Unfortunately, online deals are sometimes not what they seem and can lead to scams that can cost victims thousands of ringgit.
Is it true that a Kuala Terengganu teacher lost nearly RM10,000 when a sweet deal on Harumanis mangoes turned sour and became a scam?
VERDICT:
TRUE
Kuala Terengganu OCPD Asst Comm Azli Mohd Noor confirmed to Bernama that a teacher had been left devastated after losing RM9,998.52 to a scam.
He said that on April 23, the 46-year-old female victim had come across an appealing advertisement for Harumanis mangoes on social media.
He said the teacher then contacted the suspect via WhatsApp and was instructed to download an application to place her fruit order.
"After filling in all her personal details, the victim received a QR code for the order and was asked to send it to the suspect.
"The suspect later called the victim, during which her mobile phone suddenly shut down before restarting a few minutes later," he said in a statement Saturday (April 26).
However, ACP Azli said the next day, the victim discovered that RM9,998.51 had vanished from her savings in her Tabung Haji account.
Upon checking, the victim found that two transactions had occurred, transferring funds from her Tabung Haji account to her own bank account, before being moved again to an unknown third-party bank account.
She lodged a police report at 6.35am on Thursday (April 24). - Bernama
