AN executive of a company in Nilai, Negri Sembilan has claimed to have lost RM335,000 to a Macau scam ring.

Negri Sembilan Commercial Criminal Investigation Department head Aibee Ab Ghani said the 51-year-old woman claimed that she first received a call from an insurance agent last September who told her that she had made four withdrawals from her insurance policy.

He said the woman claimed that later, a man claiming to be a police inspector by the name of Chong, called and told her that an arrest warrant had been issued against her for alleged money laundering.

“The woman was then told to open an account with Bank Rakyat and then to pass the information on her online banking to him,” he said in a statement today.

“The victim made several deposits into the Bank Rakyat account, amounting RM335,000, and realised she had been conned after finding the money missing from the account.”

He said the woman lodged a police report yesterday. – Bernama, May 13, 2022.