KUANTAN: A store keeper ended up losing RM58,000 of his savings after divulging online banking details to a bogus policeman yesterday.
In the incident, the 51-year-old received a phone call from a man claiming to be a representative from the Kuala Terengganu magistrate's court who duly informed the victim that he had committed a criminal offence.
Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Superintendent Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the caller informed the victim that checks revealed that he was involved in money laundering and drug smuggling activities.
"The call was transferred to a policeman attached to the Terengganu Police headquarters and since the victim denied he was involved in such activities, the caller told the victim to provide his bank account details for verification so that his name could be cleared.
"The victim provided online banking details from two financial institutions and some time later realised the money was missing from his account. He noticed that the money from both accounts had been transferred to one account belonging to a stranger," he said, adding the man lodged a police report at the district police station.
Wazir said the case was being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating, which provides for a maximum jail term of 10 years and whipping, and a fine, if convicted.
