JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 27: A kindergarten teacher lost RM100,000 after being deceived by messages on WhatsApp from an individual posing as her husband.
Johor Bahru Selatan police chief, ACP Raub Selamat, said the 52-year-old victim was asked to lend money to help her ‘husband’, a general manager of a private company, with a business matter, claiming his bank account was unusable.
“Unsuspectingly, the victim made seven bank transfers totalling RM100,000 into three different accounts last Friday,” he said.
However, only after making the payments did she contact her husband, who was in China on a week-long business trip. He informed her that his WhatsApp account had been hacked.
Raub said the victim then realised she had been scammed and filed a police report yesterday. He added that the case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
— BERNAMA