How Scammers Conned A Klang Woman And Stole RM90,000 From Her Account
The scam is in line with the Macau Scam.
By Sadho Ram — 03 Dec 2017, 02:32 PM
A Klang woman lost RM90,000 after she fell prey to scammers
The incident took place on 30 November when the 44-year-old businesswoman from Klang received a call from a man who told her he was a bank executive and was calling her to inform that she had an outstanding loan from the bank amounting to RM3,376.
The fake "bank executive" told the woman that she had defaulted on her loan.
According to a report in NST Online, while the 44-year-old woman denied having applied for the loan, the man posing as "bank executive" told her that her details were used to apply for the loan from the bank's branch in Ipoh, Perak.
The scammers used the classic "you could be arrested for a crime you did not commit if you don't co-operate with the authorities" trick
The woman was told that the "bank executive" was transferring the call to the Perak police headquarters where a sergeant would talk to her about the case.
"The victim then talked to a woman who claimed to be a sergeant, who told her that her details were used to apply for a loan," South Klang Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Shamsul Amar Ramli was quoted as saying by NST Online.
The fake "sergeant" then asked the businesswoman to read out her identification card's number. Following which, the woman was told that she was on the police's wanted list for being involved in a money laundering case, along with another man.
However, when the woman denied the allegation, the call was transferred yet again, this time to a man claiming to be an "Inspector" who told her that she could be arrested for 45 days for not cooperating with the police.
The woman was assured that her money is being transferred for audit and that the funds would be returned after the investigations
The fake "Inspector" then told her that she had to surrender her money to be audited and assured her that the funds would be returned once the investigation is over. He asked her account details, online banking username and password.
Frightened, the woman complied with the "Inspector's" request and gave every single detail he had asked her. Following which, she soon received a transaction authorisation code on her mobile phone which he made her read out.
The transactions took place a total of nine times, after which, the "Inspector" assured the woman that her money would be returned at about 4pm on 1 December.
It was only after the businesswoman received a call from her bank informing her that she had performed nine transactions to an unknown account that she approached her neighbour, a policeman
Her neighbour, who was attached to the South Klang's Commercial Crime Investigation Department, told her she might have been a victim of an elaborate scam.
The businesswoman then lodged a report at the advice of her neighbour.
The case is now being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property.