Three elude Macau scammers

MIRI: Three individuals here escaped being duped by the Macau scammers on Friday.

Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) head Supt Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah said one of the individuals is a 36-year-old housewife.

“The complainant on Dec 7 received a call from an unknown number who introduced himself as Moh Ali Azizi who had claimed that the complainant was involved with a fatal accident in Johor Bharu using a rental car, but the complainant was never there.

“The complainant felt the suspect tried to deceive her and she immediately ended the phone conversation. The complainant did not make any payment thus did not suffer any loss,” he said in a press statement yesterday.

In the second case, a 39-year-old businessman received a call from a bogus police personnel who said he was from Johor police contingent headquarters named Sergeant Chung.

“The suspect told the complainant that his company has a GST arrears of RM96,800 where the arrears started on Jan 10 this year, but the complainant does not have any company.

“The complainant has been given a GST reference number regarding the arrears. The complainant felt the suspect tried to deceive him and made no payment,” Mustafa explained.

For the third case, Mustafa said scammers tried to cheat a 32-year-old housewife after claiming that she had a frozen bank account amounting to over RM1 million under her name.

The suspect who called and introduced himself as Abdul Rahman Kamaruddin said the bank account is currently being monitored by the Bukit Aman police.

“The complainant was also directed by the man to surrender herself at Bukit Aman police station to make an explanation. If not, the complainant was told to pay a fine of RM2,000 or a two-year imprisonment.

“The complainant later hung up the phone as she believed the suspect tried to trick her. She also did not suffer any loss,” he added.