Housewife claims loss of RM2,150 to online scam

SIBU: A housewife, 39, lodged a police report claiming to have lost RM2,150 to an online scam on Tuesday.

District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the woman received a call about 11am that day from a woman who claimed to be from the Inland Revenue Board (IRB).

The caller told the housewife that her name and MyKad number were registered under a company with unpaid tax amounting to RM38,600, before supposedly transferring the call to the Kuantan district police headquarters.

“The ‘ Kuantan police officer’ told the housewife that her name had been blacklisted due to the unpaid tax.

“The call was then transferred to ‘Bank Negara’ where an ‘officer’ offered to help the housewife,” Stanley said in a statement yesterday.

He added the housewife was then told to deposit RM2,150 into a bank account in order to clear her name.

“She followed the instruction and transferred the amount on the same day, and only realised it was a scam after the transaction was completed.”