KUANTAN: A clerk who wanted to secure a RM10,000 loan sadly ended up losing RM85,000 instead after being duped by an online money lender.
The 43-year-old victim from Cameron Highlands used up all her savings and even borrowed money to pay the scammers.
Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said the victim had spotted a loan scheme advertised on Facebook on Jan 17.
"She applied for a RM10,000 loan. The victim was told to submit several documents including a copy of her MyKad, payslip, Employees Provident Fund and bank statement for loan processing purposes.
"Sometime later, the victim was instructed to make a series of payments to activate her loan account, CTOS (personal credit report) fees and repayment deposit. She made 34 transactions amounting RM85,000 to seven separate bank accounts," he said in a statement here today.
Yahaya said the victim made all the transactions within three weeks after she made the online loan application on Jan 17.
He advised the public to apply for loans from licensed money-lending institutions through proper channels and conduct checks at https://semakmule.rmp.gov.my before carrying out any transaction.
