The pensioner, according to Asst Comm Noorzainy, received a call claiming that there was an illegal gambling line registered under her name. Sometime in June this year, a pensioner lost RM682,000 to this type of scam. We’ve written about this type of scam before and you can read it here. And mysteriously, they could be officers at two banks at the same time! Or worse, they would pretend to be Bank Negara Malaysia’s officers. Bank Negara officers who want to help you unfreeze your accountsīesides pretending to be police officers, Macau scammers also love to pose as bank officers. Despite that, it seems as though Malaysians are getting more aware of this kinda scam that they can pull a reverse card on these scammers instead:Ģ. ![]() They would then request you to transfer an amount of money to the given bank account to prevent your account from getting frozen.Īs of 2018, there have been 334 cases involving Macau scammers who posed as police officers and duped victims of RM14.76 million (!). The scammer would call you to tell you that you may have committed a crime or have an unsettled case. You can click here to read more about her experience.īut if you’re still in the dark about this type of scam, well here’s the gist la. Heck, we’ve even written a story of how a Malaysian almost fallen victim to this type of scam and the whole setup seemed hella convincing. Honestly, we have received several calls from ‘courts’ claiming that we have some unsettled cases in… uhh… other states. Unedited image from MediumĪnd we’re pretty sure some of you have kena this type of call before. Maybe it was the scammer’s dream to be a policeman.
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