SEREMBAN: A Human Resource executive lost RM111,906 after falling victim to a part-time job offer scam through Facebook at Taman Bukit Senawang Perdana here last Sunday.
Negeri Sembilan Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt Aibee Abd Ghani said the 27-year-old victim interacted with an individual known as 'Annie', who had asked her to pay for an item with a profit of 10 per cent.
"The victim then dealt with a customer service manager known as 'Michell' and 'Mr Tan' from the credit management and was interested in the marketing assistant job offer," he said in a statement here today.
He said the woman then made 25 transactions using her personal bank account as well as her father's into several bank accounts provided by the syndicate.
Aibee said the victim only realised that she had been cheated after she did not receive the promised profits and lodged a police report on the matter yesterday.
Meanwhile, in PORT DICKSON, a 53-year-old housewife was cheated out of RM35,300 by a Macau Scam syndicate after being duped by a phone call that claimed she owed the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) tax arrears.
Port Dickson district police chief Supt Aidi Sham Mohamed said the woman had been contacted by an individual known as Mohd Aiman, claiming that the victim owed the IRB in tax arrears under a company, Newest Enterprise in Kedah that was registered to her, which she denied.
"The victim was then connected to an individual who claimed to be a policeman, 'Tuan Sulaiman' from Kedah police contingent headquarters, who told her that her Tabung Haji and Amanah Saham Bumiputera accounts were misused by other parties," he said in a statement today.
He said the victim was instructed to provide all bank account information including password and ATM card details and then told to make several transactions to the account given purportedly for investigation purposes.
The victim made three transactions using her and her late husband's bank accounts on Aug 12 and 13.
He said the victim realised that she had been cheated and lodged a police report on Aug 24, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Wed Sep 01 2021
The victim only realised that she had been cheated after she did not receive the promised profits and lodged a police report on the matter yesterday. - AWANI
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