KUCHING: Out of desperation for more money, a woman gave three of her bank cards to a male friend for RM200 each, but got in trouble with the authorities on becoming a donkey account victim.
Her accounts were used for scamming activities.
The 21-year-old woman, who only wished to be known as Lau, received a letter from the Sungai Buloh District Police Headquarters Commercial Crimes Division to report to the Kampung Baru Subang Police station in Selangor at 10am yesterday (Jan 17) to aid in investigations.
However, since Lau was unable to show up as instructed, she met Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) Public Complaints Bureau chief Milton Foo yesterday.
Following the meeting, Foo accompanied Lau to lodge a police report at the Padungan police station here.
According to Foo, Lau lent three of her bank cards to her 21-year-old friend last September, due to some financial problems she was facing.
He said that Lau worked at a restaurant and had two children aged three and one respectively.
"The victim unknowingly became a medium in the scamming syndicate and so she had to report to the police so that investigations can be carried out to detect the last recipients of the money," he told the media here today (Jan 18).
Foo said that the victim did not receive any payment as promised by her friend who was her former schoolmate but instead all six of her bank accounts were frozen by Bank Negara (BNM).
"She only lent three out of her six bank cards and was promised RM600 for the three bank cards, but in the end all six of her bank accounts have been frozen," he said.
Based on the contents of the letter from the Sungai Buloh Commercial Crimes Investigations Department, if Lau fails to report in on time and the date given, the police will issue an arrest warrant.
Following this, Foo said that the victim was then referred to the Sungai Maong police station here to lodge a report and give her statement.
Foo reminded the public not to give their bank cards or banking details to any individual for any reason.
He said that by law, the act of allowing one's bank account to be used by other parties is an offence.
