KOTA BARU: A government servant lost about RM23,000 to a Macau Scam syndicate which impersonated an Inland Revenue Board (IRB) officer and policeman on Monday.
Kelantan Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt Ahmad Azizul Mohamed said a police report was lodged by the woman, in her 30s, at the Tanah Merah station the following day (Dec 8).
In the report, he said the victim claimed she received a call from a suspect who introduced himself as an IRB officer.
"The suspect told the victim that she had yet to pay her outstanding tax to the board amounting to RM38,000 for her company registered in Kuantan, Pahang.
"The victim denied the debt and later received calls from several individuals who claimed to be policemen alleging she was involved in drugs and money laundering cases," he added.
He said the "police officers" also demanded the victim to provide them a list of her bank accounts including her Tabung Haji account.
"One of the suspects directed the victim to transfer all her money to one account to make it easy for an 'investigation into the case' as well as to clear the victim's name from being blacklisted," he said.
He said the suspect then demanded the victim to install an Android Package Kit (APK) application to allow them to access the victim's smartphone.
"She was then told to provide details of her account in the app as well as the password.
"The victim only realised she was cheated after she found about RM23,000 missing from her account," he added.