Malaysian Teacher Turns The Table On A Scammer Trying To Steal RM1,000 From Him
The scammer was too stunned to speak.
By Sabrina Zainal — 25 Mar 2022, 02:53 PM
A teacher in Slim River, Perak had a good laugh while a scammer had his worst nightmare when the tables were turned in his own scam
The teacher, named Ahmad, was reportedly almost tricked into giving away money when his 'friend' contacted him on Telegram.
According to Harian Metro, the 52-year-old was contacted by someone who claimed to be his friend to borrow RM1,000.
Luckily, it dawned on him that the person messaging him was a fraud.
"When I realised that my friend's phone had been hacked by a scammer, I agreed to the scammer's request," he was quoted as saying.
"[Send to] family account because my account has been blocked," said the scammer to Ahmad.
"Coincidentally, I was in town at the time and went straight to the bank to transfer only five sen, and then took a picture of the bank slip and sent it to the scammer," Ahmad said
The scammer could only respond with a curse word, which ended the conversation.
Ahmad said the scammer was probably furious because he felt he was being played and did not receive the amount of money he had demanded.
Ahmad related that his colleagues have also been targeted with a similar tactic, probably by the same scammer
He related that his colleagues also received similar messages from an individual asking to borrow money, but with different account numbers, reported New Straits Times.
"It is indeed cunning of this fraud syndicate to use the identities of people we know to borrow money, with promises to return it the next day," Ahmad said.
"If we don't think much about it or fall for the trap, then, of course, we would put the requested amount of money into the individual's account, who may be a mule account holder."
