Kuala T'ganu bank officer cheated of RM240,000 in vehicle purchase scam
Kuala Terengganu OCPD Asst Comm Azli Mohd Noor said the 52-year-old victim came across an advertisement for a used four-wheel-drive vehicle on Facebook on July 4.
Interested in the offer, the victim clicked on the link and began communicating with the purported seller via WhatsApp, he said.
The victim was told to provide a copy of his MyKad and make an advance payment to a representative of the suspect's company, supposedly based in Port Klang, Selangor.
"Between July 9 and 21, the victim made 40 payments to eight different accounts totalling RM241,700.
"The victim began to suspect he had been cheated when he was asked to pay an additional RM31,000 supposedly for fingerprinting costs at the Royal Malaysian Customs Department," he said in a statement on Monday (July 28).
ACP Azli said the victim lodged a police report on Sunday (July 27) and that the case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating. – Bernama
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