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Trader in Alor Gajah loses almost RM1 mil to fake police phone scam | Scoop
A retail trader in Alor Gajah has lost RM922,300.87 after becoming a victim to a phone scam syndicate involving a suspect claiming to be a police officer. – Alif Omar/Scoop pic, January 11, 2024
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Trader in Alor Gajah loses almost RM1 mil to fake police phone scam

Suspect claiming to be ‘Seargant Tan’ alleged there were fraud activities on victim’s bank account, report says

Bernama
Updated
10:56 AM MYT

 

ALOR GAJAH – A retail trader suffered losses amounting to RM922,300.87 after falling prey to a phone scam syndicate involving police impersonation.

Alor Gajah police chief Arshad Abu said the victim, in his 50s, received a call from a suspect impersonating a “Sergeant Tan”, claiming to be a police officer from Perak in early December last year. 

The suspect, who claimed to be in Simpang Ampat, alleged that there was a case involving the manager of a bank who had resigned and was engaged in fraudulent activities using the victim’s bank account. 

“The suspect instructed the victim to follow all given instructions to avoid arrest. The victim was asked to leave his ATM bank card and bank account number without having to meet the suspect at a location in Simpang Ampang on December 20,” he said in a statement today. 

On January 3, the victim was directed to open a bank cheque in the name of a company owned by the suspect for RM420,000 and deposit the cheque into a bank cheque machine in the district. 

Arshad added that six days later, the victim discovered that several transfers had been made from his account to an unknown account, totalling RM502,300.87, between December 21 last year and January 8 this year. 

He stated that the victim received another call on January 9, asking him to make another transfer, which he did not comply with as he realised he had been scammed. 

The victim lodged a police report on Tuesday. – January 11, 2024

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