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KUCHING, Sept 12: A retired civil servant in Kuching lost his savings amounting to RM103,000, while a female clerk lost RM280,000 in two separate phone scam cases reported yesterday (Sept 11).
Sarawak Police Commissioner Dato Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri, in a statement, said the man, who is in his 70s, received a phone call from a suspect claiming that he was calling from a courier company on August 24.
The suspect said a suspicious parcel containing an identification card (IC) and several bank cards was delivered to the victim, which the victim denied.
The phone call was then connected to another individual claiming to be ‘ASP Moktar’ from the Ipoh police station in Perak, who informed that an arrest warrant had been issued to the victim for money laundering.
Obeying the suspect’s request, the victim transferred all his savings worth RM103,000 to two different bank accounts in four transactions by the end of August this year before deleting their WhatsApp conversations and banking transaction receipts.
The victim only noticed that he was cheated after informing the case to his family members before lodging a police report for further action.
The second case involved a woman in her 60s working as a clerk at a company.
She received a call from an unknown woman claiming to be a worker at the Ministry of Health (MOH) on August 10 and accused the victim of taking painkillers in big quantities.
Similar to the first case’s modus operandi, the victim was made nervous by the suspect claiming to be a police officer who stated that an arrest warrant was issued for the victim under money laundering.
The victim then made nine bank transactions of RM280,000 between the end of August and early September.
The victim only realised that she was cheated after the suspect could not be contacted once the transactions were completed. — DayakDaily
