SIBU,April 15: A 34-year-old woman suffered RM69,288 in losses in a Macau Scam.
Acting Sibu district police chief Supt Dr Collin Babat said the woman’s ordeal started at about 10am on April 14 when she received an SMS saying that RM3,320.50 had been debited from her Maybank credit card.
She was also advised by the scammers to report the matter to Bank Negara.
“In her police report, she stated that she never had any credit card with Maybank,” he said.
Dr Collin said when the victim called up an officer from “Bank Negara” she was told to let them conduct a check on her bank account.
She did as told and gave the scammers her bank account details.
“At about 11.09am on the same day, she was alerted by her bank through an SMS that a total of RM49,788 had been transferred out from her account to another’s” he said. — DayakDaily
About an hour later, another RM19,500 from her other bank account had also being transferred to the scammer’s account.
The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code. — DayakDaily
