A FEMALE teacher lost RM150,000 after being duped by a syndicate member posing as a Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) officer on October 19, Sarawak police commissioner Mancha Ata said today. 

He said based on the report filed by the victim in her 30s from Saratok, the victim received a call from MCMC, informing her that her telephone number had been used to put up fake advertisements in Seremban.

“Later the victim’s call was passed to several individuals and ordered to transfer money to bank accounts for investigation by Bank Negara Malaysia.

“The victim panicked and carried out 19 money transfers amounting to RM125,000 in stages to seven bank accounts of the suspect from mid-October to mid-November,” he said in a statement in Kuching today. 

Mancha said on Tuesday, the victim was once again ordered to withdraw RM29,000 and throw the cash in a bush but when she returned to the spot, the money had disappeared and then it struck her that she had been cheated. – Bernama, December 6, 2023.