Scammer Offers Melaka Assemblyperson A "Job" To Like YouTube Videos For RM800 A Day
He did not 'like' it.
By Sadho Ram — 06 Mar 2023, 02:49 PM
Scammers in Malaysia don't discriminate, something that Low Chee Leong, a DAP assemblyperson from Kota Laksamana, recently learned
According to the Melaka state assemblyperson, he was approached by a scammer, who offered him a part-time, high-paying job of RM800 a day for simply "liking" some YouTube videos, reported The Star.
He said he was contacted via WhatsApp over the weekend by a person identifying as "Aisha".
"She wrote in good English, telling me that I can get payments instantly if I sign up on the same day as a part-time employee with a digital media company," Low told the English daily today, 6 March.
Needless to say, the assemblyperson did not like it
He kept the WhatsApp conversation going with "Aisha" by enquiring more about the job offer.
"I told her that I needed funds to help flood victims. She made the job offer of RM800 a day if I could start work immediately," he said, adding that she told him that the company was located at a Kuala Lumpur mall.
She also told him he would be paid either through digital platforms or conventional banking transactions.
Low then informed the Melaka police Commercial Crimes Investigation Department Chief (CCID) Supt E Sundra Rajan about the issue
Rajan confirmed to Low that it was a scam and that there are similar cases reported in other states.
Online scams have been on the rise, where victims are being approached via social media platforms such as WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to be offered part-time jobs with easy payments.
Last year, victims lost about RM850 million to over 25,000 online scams, according to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, whose government is aiming to allocate RM10 million to combat these scams.
The seriousness of such scams has even prompted Maybank to up its safety feature.
The bank recently released a self-service security feature that allows its customers to protect their funds from online scams and enhance their banking security on the MAE app and Maybank2u website.
