KUANTAN: A teacher lost RM199,000 to scammers after being tricked into withdrawing her child’s National Education Savings Scheme (SSPN) funds and even selling her shares.
The 55-year-old victim, who was falsely accused of being involved in money laundering activities, was also duped into transferring all her savings and pawning her jewellery to pay the fraudsters.
District police chief Assistant Commissioner Ashari Abu Samah said the victim received a phone call from an individual claiming to be an insurance representative in February this year before the call was handed over to a ‘police officer’.
“The officer accused the victim of being involved in money laundering activities and instructed her to pay a sum of cash as ‘self bail’. The woman made 41 transactions totalling RM 199,000 into 32 bank accounts between Feb 14 and Sept 7.
“She had utilised her savings, child’s SSPN, sold her shares and pawned her jewellery to pay the scammers.
“The victim realised she had been cheated when the syndicate instructed her to delete all their messages,” he said, adding that the victim lodged a police report yesterday.
He advised the public to conduct an initial check at the official portal https://semakmule.rmp.gov.my to identify bank accounts with fraud records before making any transactions.
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