A 64-year-old businessman in Terengganu was scammed of over RM2.7 million by fraudsters posing as police and a deputy public prosecutor.
KUALA TERENGGANU: A businessman lost more than RM2.7 million after falling victim to a phone scam involving fraudsters impersonating police officers and a deputy public prosecutor.
Terengganu police chief Datuk Mohd Khairi Khairudin said the 64-year-old victim received the call from suspects in early September last year.
The caller falsely accused the man of involvement in money laundering activities.
The suspects, claiming to be from the Petaling Jaya District Police Headquarters in Selangor, instructed the victim to transfer RM2.7 million into his own bank accounts to resolve the alleged case.
“To avoid legal action, the victim followed the instructions and deposited the money into five different bank accounts,” Mohd Khairi said.
The suspects also told him not to check or make any transactions from these accounts for security reasons from September until January.
The victim realised he had been scammed when he discovered the funds had disappeared from all five accounts.
He subsequently filed a report at the Kuala Terengganu police station.
The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
