KUCHING: Three more people fell prey to scams adding up to the escalating statistics of people being scammed up to millions of ringgits.
A company manager lost RM1,150 when he received a call from a person on Monday claiming that there was a court case involving an unpaid GST amounting to RM85,700 and his name was being used.
The victim, aged 45, was worried and was asked to contact a man who introduced himself as Sgt. Helmi from a police department in Terengganu. He was then asked to give his account number after he was told again to call an Investigation Officer by the name of Fauzi.
The victim was also informed by Sergeant Helmi that his property would be frozen and he will be arrested at 7 pm that night unless he paid up RM1,500.
The victim made a transfer of RM1,150 to the CIMB Bank account of one Mohamad Sharil bin Sahalie at 15.10.2018 at 6.40 pm through RHB online. Sgt. Helmi also informed the victim that the case would be investigated by investigation officers Fauzi and Jamal. The victim was also required to report to Sgt Helmi via What’sApp every two hours.
Meanwhile, in Bintulu, a clerk was cheated of RM900, also in a Macau scam.
The 33-year old on Sunday received a call from the person who identified himself as
Kingberly Koh calling her home phone saying she had unpaid tax of RM 51,000 and asked her to contact Penang police headquarters.
She was conned into fear and transferred her money before realising she was cheated.
A student aged 20 lost RM790 after receiving a call on a number +199198682 from a man who introduced himself from MACC, Kuala Lumpur.
The suspect said the victim was involved in drug smuggling and money laundering and had a joint bank account in Labuan with a man named Tan Wai Peng since April 2016. Tan Wai Peng was arrested on drug trafficking offences.
Afterwards the suspect asked about the victim’s personal background; he was asked to talk to other suspect who told him that he needed to cooperate if he did not want to be arrested. The suspect asked the victim how many bank accounts and asked the victim to transfer all the money into one bank for investigation purposes.
The victim transferred his money of RM790 to CIMB bank account in the name of Mohamad Norizam bin Morat Ramli via CIMB’s online transfer.
