By DayakDaily Team
SIBU, May 29: A male student in his 20s lost RM17,000 after falling victim to a phone scam perpetrated by a scammer posing as a police officer from Terengganu.
Sibu District Police chief Assistant Commissioner (ACP) Zulkipli Suhaili disclosed that the incident unfolded when the victim received a call from an unknown individual on May 11.
“The suspect informed the victim that a package registered in his name had been detained due to containing an identity card and credit card.
“Pretending to be a policeman, the suspect then falsely accused the victim of money laundering and coerced him into providing personal and banking information,” he said in a statement as quoted by TVS in a news report yesterday (May 28).
The victim was instructed to contact ‘Dato Shariff Mokhtar’ to purportedly secure his bank account.
In a panic, the victim conducted an online transaction of RM17,000 into a local bank account, only realising he had been duped when the suspect demanded a further RM10,000.
Zulkipli mentioned that the suspect also evaded queries regarding the investigation of the victim’s case.
The student promptly filed a police report, and investigations are ongoing under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating. — DayakDaily
