SIBU (April 12): Two women in Sarawak lost RM314,000 after falling victim to a Macau scam, said Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt Maria Rasid on Tuesday (April 12).
She said the first victim, a cashier with a private company in Mukah in her report to the police on April 9 said she lost RM174,000 after being cheated by individuals who claimed that they were from Pos Laju and the police.
The victim, in her late twenties, said she received a telephone call from an unidentified woman who said that she was calling from Pos Laju Kuala Lumpur on April 7.
The suspect claimed that the victim had unclaimed items such as an identity card and credit cards before connecting the line to another person who identified himself as “Inspector Kho”.
“The inspector said the victim’s identity card had been used by someone to open a bank account involved in money laundering and the suspect had asked the victim to pay a certain amount of money to avoid the victim’s name from being blacklisted,” said Supt Maria in a statement here.
The suspect continued to intimidate the victim by saying the victim was linked to a criminal case involving a nominee named “Long Kek Wee” and the victim would be paid a lucrative commission if she settled the payment.
The victim panicked and confused and made 31 money transfers totalling more than RM174,000 to four bank accounts belonging to an unknown individual between April 7 and April 9.
“The victim only realised she was…
