MIRI: A man lost RM30,000 after being scammed whereby he was led to believe that he was involved in a credit card case.
District police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah who confirmed the case, said that the victim received a phone call at work on Monday (Aug 24) around 10am.
“The victim received a call from the suspect known as Jason, who stated that the call was made from HSBC Bank Klang branch office.
“The victim was then informed by the suspect that his HSBC credit card limit had exceeded its limit and asked whether the victim wanted to increase the credit limit, to which he (the victim) had denied of having any credit card with HSBC Bank.
“After that, the victim was passed to another call where a ‘Sergeant Yang’ from Selangor police contingent headquarters (IPK) claimed that there was a credit card case recorded in the name of the victim,” Lim said in a statement.
He added that the victim was asked to provide an Ambank online banking account username to change the serial number of the card as well as the transaction authorisation code (TAC) number.
Without any questions, the victim gave the details needed to the suspect.
The victim who felt something dubious, contacted the bank and found that there were two money transfer transactions totalling RM30,000 into a CIMB Bank account.
Realising that he was cheated, the victim lodged a police report in the afternoon of the same day.
He told that the suspect’s modus operandi was to deceive the victim through a phone call by claiming to be a police officer and the victim was involved in the crime (scam) until the money was handed over.
The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code.
