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SIBU, June 21: A woman lost RM28,600 after being deceived by a phone fraud syndicate.
Sibu District Police Chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said that the police had on June 19 received a report from the victim, 20, claiming that she had been cheated by the syndicate.
“The ordeal of the victim, a private sector employee, started after she received a call from an unknown individual on June 16.
“The suspect had introduced himself as being from Pos Laju and informed the victim that she had a parcel containing identification cards, credit cards and bank tokens,” he said.
Soon after that, the suspect connected her to a police officer who told her that she was involved in human trafficking and money laundering activities.
He also said that the victim was instructed to click on a link to fill in her personal and banking information.
“As she was worried and scared, she obeyed all the instructions given by the suspect.
“On June 19, she checked her account and found that RM 28,600 had been transferred into three unknown local bank accounts,” said ACP Zulkipli.
She then realised that she had been tricked by the suspect.
Zulkipli said the police had opened an investigation paper under Section 420 of the Penal Code to investigate the case. — DayakDaily
