KUALA TERENGGANU, Aug 26 — A car dealership company here suffered RM452,000 in losses after a finance clerk fell victim to a WhatsApp phone scam syndicate impersonating the business owner.
Kuala Terengganu District Police Chief ACP Azli Mohd Noor stated that the 50-year-old victim received a WhatsApp message last Monday from a suspect she believed to be her employer.
The suspect instructed the clerk to disclose the company’s current bank account balance and execute three separate fund transfers totaling RM452,000 into three different bank accounts on the same day.
“The following day, the suspect instructed the victim to make an additional transfer of RM235,000 to another account,” Azli said.
“The victim, who became suspicious after receiving numerous transaction requests, contacted the company owner by phone to verify the matter, only to learn that her employer had not given such instructions,” he added.
Realizing she had been duped before executing the fourth transfer, the victim lodged a police report at 11:19 am yesterday.
Police have initiated an investigation into the incident under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
–NMT
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