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KUCHING, July 6: A retired government servant from Padawan lost RM120,000 after being duped by a phone scam recently.
Sarawak Police Commissioner Dato Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said in mid-June at about 3.45pm, the retiree in his early 60s received a phone call from a man who introduced himself as a Hospital Health Officer from Kedah.
The suspect told the victim that he had a record of taking too much medication and that the Kedah Police Headquarters had been keeping tabs on him.
The victim then spoke to someone who introduced himself as a police officer with the rank of Inspector who told the victim that further investigations found that the victim had a record of being involved in money laundering and could be arrested.
The suspect asked the victim to cooperate by handing over bank account details for further investigation.
The panicked and scared victim then gave his ATM card number and pin number to the suspect and he was also asked by the suspect to withdraw money from his ASB account amounting to RM120,000 and put it into the victim’s own bank account.
The victim was also advised by the suspect not to contact other parties while the investigation is underway.
On July 3, the victim then checked his bank account and found that the RM120,000 was gone.
“Investigations found that there were five money transfer transactions between July 1 and 2 to a bank account in the name of an unknown individual,” said Mohd Azman in a statement.
The victim who realised he had been duped quickly came forward to make a police report for further investigation. — DayakDaily
