KUCHING: A 42-year old businessman lost RM11,000 after trying to get loan of RM150,000 from a money lending company in Kuching.
It was arranged and agreed through WhatsApp that the victim would be approved of the said loan after he paid a processing fee of RM5,000 and installments for first and second month totalling RM11,000.
However, after the victim banked in the RM11,000 he never received the RM150,000 loan.
Upon checking, the victim found out the online portal ccis.rmp.gov.my revealed that the account to where he banked in the money was blacklisted.
The victim immediately lodged a police report.
In another case in Limbang, a 21-year-old female clerk also reportedly banked in a total of RM2,590 after the same arrangement with the so-called moneylending service and never received her loan.
In this case, the victim received a WhatsApp message on March 15 offering a loan of RM10,000.
On the next day (March 16) the victim banked in cash to the suspect’s account but never get anything back. She then realised she was conned and lodged a police report.
Sarawak Head of Commercial Crime Supt. Mustafa Kamal urged members of the public to be wary of earning easy money through social media.
He said they can check the police website at rmp.gov.my or the Facebook page of Commercial Crime Department if they were unsure of any fraud in dealing with strangers.
