As Hari Raya is approaching, who wouldn’t want a clean, sparkling house so that they can invite friends and families over to celebrate and conclude the holy month of Ramadan?
However, before the beginning of her house cleaning journey, the victim stumbled upon a house cleaning service advertisement on Facebook called “MyMaid Cleaning Service” and decided to give them a try.
Little did she know, her enquiry was just the first step for the scammer to lay a trap to scam all her bank savings.
As shown in the screenshot below, the conversation seemed normal at first when the scammer asked the victim about her area, told her that where she lives is within their coverage and that they even have a special promotion of 50% off for first-time users!
Thrilled by the package, the victim decided to employ their services and was then instructed to download a mobile application so that she could process her booking and make payment using the app.
And just like any other app, after the victim confirmed her booking, she was brought to the payment page where she could use the FPX payment method to pay for her services. But who would’ve thought that the FPX payment page was actually a fake site where all your online banking details, such as ID and password, will be recorded?
And so the hacking begins. Two hours after the victim downloaded the app, she noticed that her account had been making transactions to an anonymous bank account. Knowing that something wasn’t right, the victim decided to call Maybank to inquire about the transaction details, but it was too late. As she called the bank, she noticed that two more transactions were made and all her money in the account was gone!
Shocked by the event, the victim didn’t know how the payment went through without her getting a TAC number. Well, the answer to that question is that the mobile application that she downloaded could possibly be malware that allows the scammer to receive TAC SMS directly from their end.
As of now, there’s no update on who the scammer was or how much she has been scammed. The victim has posted the conversation on her Facebook account in hopes that no one falls victim to a scam of a similar sort.
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