SIBU, Sept 14 — A trader lost RM135,000 to an online investment scam recently, Sibu district police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said.
He added that the victim, a man in his 40s, received a message on WhatsApp from a woman claiming to be from Kuala Lumpur on June 18 and she offered him a chance to be part of an investment scheme called AAPL offering RM4.20 per unit invested.
“The victim was asked to download an app before being added to a WhatsApp group depicting profits from the investment scheme. The suspect also informed the victim that once the initial funds were deposited, the victim would obtain a profit of RM42,000,” he said in a statement today.
The victim decided to invest and made 18 money transfers totalling RM135,000 to a local bank account between September 4 to 9 but did not get the promised profits and instead was asked to invest more.
Realising he had been scammed, the victim lodged a police report on Sept 13, he said, adding that the case was being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for fraud. — Bernama
