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Three lose RM80,850 to scams

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KUCHING: Another three individuals have been scammed while six others managed to avoid from being scammed.

A housewife in Miri lost RM50,000 to a Macam scam after allowing strangers to make transactions from her bank account on November 12.

The 43-year-old was told that she had a debt amounting to RM50,000. The money was then transferred to two bank accounts by the names, Shie Jia Yie (RM41,000) and How Chee Choon (RM9,000).

Meanwhile, a 26-year-old audit supervisor in Bintulu lost RM12,000, also to the scam after receiving calls from an Affin Bank teller. The victim was informed that her credit card arrears had amounted to about RM3,000. She was then told that her account was being used for money laundering in Labuan.

The victim was then asked to transfer the money to an account by the name Shazrin Asre amounting to RM12,000. The suspect added that her money would be returned within two to four hours.

The victim later contacted Labuan IPD to speak to Farish and was informed that there was no such person.

In Sarikei, a 47-year-old clerk was scammed between October and November this year. She lost RM18,850.

The victim met a man named Hanson Cheng on Facebook who told her that he wanted to send a gift to her from Australia.

She then received another call from Mary Tiong who claimed to be from a courier company. She was told that the goods have been shipped and there was a service charge. The victim transferred her money to a Public Bank account amounting to RM4,500.

Following the transaction, the victim was then asked to transfer RM14,350 to a Maybank account by the name Rizan @ Harizan.

As of Wednesday, the victim had paid out an amount of RM18,850 and had yet to receive the gift .

The victim then realised that she was scammed and lodged a police report.

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