Yet another scam tactic revealed: a government employee had unfortunately suffered a total loss of RM711,626 after she became a victim to a Macau Scam syndicate. fell being deceived by a Macau Scam syndicate disguised as a court official recently.
According to the head of the Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department, Senior Assistant Commissioner Habibi Majinji, the 52-year-old victim received a call from an individual claiming to be a court official, informing him that he was caught getting involved in corruption and money laundering.
After the initial confrontation, the victim's call was eventually connected to the 'police' and he was then instructed to make multiple transactions into 13 different accounts for so-called investigation purposes. "Against his better judgment, the victim made a total of 74 transactions amounting to RM711,626 into the given account," Habibi said in a statement today.
The victim finally lodged a police report on February 26th after realizing that he had been scammed. There's another scam tactic that has been detected recently, read about it here before you become the next victim.
source: Kosmo!
