BALIK PULAU: Police detained two men, including a teen, who acted as an 'account mule', in two different phone scam cases recently.
Southwest district police chief Superintendent Kamarul Rizal Jenal said, in both cases, the victims lost a total of RM565,000.
He said, in the first case, a team of police nabbed the 19-year-old in Pandamaran, Selangor at about 6.30pm yesterday, who had disguised as a bank officer.
"The phone scam syndicate had cheated the victim of RM349,000 by ordering the victim to carry out 26 online transactions into separate accounts.
"Following information, we managed to nab the teen in Pandamaran for investigation," he said.
Meanwhile, in the second case, police nabbed a 38-year-old man for cheating his victim in a house purchase transaction.
"In this case, the syndicate had cheated the victim of RM216,000 by ordering the victim to carry out six online transactions into separate accounts.
"Based on information, we detained the man in Bayan Baru here at about 11.35pm yesterday for investigation," he added.
Kamarul said both cases were probed for cheating under Section 420 of the Penal Code.
Police advise people to be wary and not to easily fall for such syndicates, especially through social media.
