KEPALA BATAS: A civil servant lost a whopping RM138,900 in yet another phone call scam recently.
The 50-year-old victim reportedly received a call from a legal officer at the Kedah Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) claiming the victim has arrears of RM15,000 from a company registered under her name.
As she denied her involvement in the company, the call was then transferred to a purported policeman for further checks.
She was told that she was involved in money laundering and drug trafficking cases.
The call was then transferred to a so called Bukit Aman policeman to facilitate the investigation.
Seberang Prai Utara district police chief Assistant Commissioner Noorzainy Mohd Noor said that the victim was told to surrender her online bank account details for checks.
The man said that checks needed to be done online due to the Movement Control Order (MCO).
"She was warned that if she refused to cooperate, action would be taken against her," he said in a statement.
Out of fear, she shared her online banking details, resulting in up to RM138,900 of her money going missing.
She lodged a police report yesterday.
"The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating," said Noorzainy.
In a separate case, a company manager lost RM26,500 after downloading a fake Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) application on his smartphone recently.
The 32-year-old man received a call from the Labuan Court claiming that he has been booked for drug and money laundering cases.
The line was connected to a cop who told him to download an application on his phone.
"The application 'bnmsafe' link was sent to the victim through WhatsApp to be downloaded.
"The victim was then told to fill up personal and bank details. The syndicate tried to transfer all the funds to a third party bank account once they got it.
"Once done, the victim was told to remove the details in the fake application," said Noorzainy.
The victim noticed that his bank balance has been emptied and lodged a report yesterday.
The case is also being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code.
