SIBU: Two women here have lost a total of RM17,000 to Macau scams.<\/p>\n
Acting Sibu district police chief Supt Dr Collin Babat said the victims were a 21-year-old college student and a factory worker, 26.<\/p>\n
According to Supt Collin, the student received a call at 1.30pm on Wednesday (March 9) from a man who introduced himself as an Inland Revenue Board (IRB) officer.<\/p>\n
The \"officer\" claimed that her identity card had been used to register a company in Indera Mahkota, Kuantan.<\/p>\n
After that, she was contacted by a person claiming to be from Pahang police headquarters, claiming that she was involved in money laundering and drug tafficking.<\/p>\n
\"The frightened victim simply followed the suspect's instructions, handing over her account details, and was asked to transfer her savings of RM7,830 to the account number provided.<\/p>\n
\"She was promised that her money would be returned within 45 minutes,\" Supt Collin said.<\/p>\n
However, when she tried to contact the suspect to find out the status of her money, she could not get through.<\/p>\n
In the second case, the factory worker was contacted by a \"Telekom Malaysia officer\" who claimed that a line had been registered in her name in Seremban.<\/p>\n
She was told that the line was involved in a cybercrime.<\/p>\n
Supt Collin said she denied the claim but the call was then transferred to a \"police office\" from Seremban.<\/p>\n
\"She was told that she had been involved with a fraudster known as 'Chao Tian Fu' who purportedly deposited (ill-gotten) money into her account,\" he added.<\/p>\n
Supt Collin added that the victim then panicked and complied with the suspect's instructions by providing her bank details as well as her mother's.<\/p>\n
\"When she checked, she found that RM6,000 in her account and RM4,000 from her mother's account had been transferred out,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The cases are being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.<\/p>\n
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