Doctor loses RM100,000 to Macau Scam syndicate

KUANTAN - A woman doctor was panic-struck when she was told that she is a wanted person by police causing her to lose RM100,000 after she realised she had fallen to a Macau Scam tactic.

Pahang police chief Datuk Yahaya Othman said the 28-year-old victim alleged she received a call on Friday (June 16) from a suspect who introduced himself as an officer of the Inland Revenue Board (IRB).

"The suspect claimed that the victim was involved in money laundering before the call was passed to a "police officer” who confirmed the victim has been blacklisted for being in the wanted list.

"The victim claimed the policeman ordered her to open a new bank account and put RM100,000 into the account as well as ordering her to share all her account information purportedly to release her from the blacklist,” he said in a statement here today.

Yahaya said the victim claimed she panicked and obeyed the order to even take a selfie and share it with the suspect after several hours.

The victim however became suspicious after failing to contact the suspect to obtain the latest on her wanted status leading her to lodge a report at the Temerloh district police headquarters yesterday.

Yahaya advised members of the public not to reveal their personal banking information to third party apart from checking the telephone number with Check Scammers CCID or surf https://semakmule.rmp.gov.my/ to avoid becoming a fraud victim. - BERNAMA