KL clerk loses RM112,000 after disclosing bank info

Kuala Lumpur: An accounts clerk lost RM112,000 after giving her personal bank information to an unknown person, believed to be a member of a Macau Scam syndicate.

The incident happened on Jan 2 when the clerk, in her 40s, received a call from an unknown man on the use of a credit card under her name. The man then connected the call to another man claiming to be a Bank Negara officer who asked her to disclose her personal bank information for “verification puposes”, which she did.

A day after receiving the call, when she checked her bank account, the clerk was stunned. She found that some of the money in her bank account had been transferred to a third party account.

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The case was revealed to the media by Sentul District Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Beh Eng Lai during a press conference at his office here.

He added that the Sentul district police received a total of 193 police reports on Macau Scam calls involving losses of RM6 million last year, of which 30 per cent had been resolved. 

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