KUCHING, June 15: A 73-year-old retired teacher from Sibu lost RM207,000 to phone scam.
Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri in a statement today said on April 17, the victim received a phone call from a man claiming to be Lee Wai Ming from Ministry of Health (MOH) in Putrajaya, informing that the victim was involved in spreading inaccurate information regarding Covid-19.
“The victim was later connected to a policeman from Sabah named Inspector Khoo, Inspector Leong and Sargeant Wong, who informed him that he was also involved in money laundering and was later instructed to open up a new bank account under his name and transfer all his savings into it for investigation.
“The victim was informed that the money will go through an audit process before being returned after the process was completed. He was also asked to report himself daily through Whatsapp application to Inspector Leong,” said Mohd Azman.
On April 18 at 10am, following the instruction from the “policeman”, the victim opened up a new bank account in Sibu, registering it using Inspector Leong phone number and have made two transactions amounting to RM207,000 to the new account.
Mohd Azman said the victim only realised that he was scammed after he contacted the bank and was informed that several transactions were made from his account amounting to RM207,000 to the bank accounts of unknown individuals.
“Following that, the victim lodged a police report regarding the matter,” he added. – DayakDaily.
