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Kelantan civil servant loses RM395,000 to Macau scam

KOTA BARU: A male civil servant in his 50s lost about RM395,000 after being cheated by Macau scam syndicate members recently.

Kelantan police chief Datuk Shafien Mamat said police received a report from the victim on Nov 25.

Based on the report, he said the victim claimed that he was duped by two men who posed as an insurance agent and a police officer.

"According to the victim, he was at his home in Machang when he received a phone call from a man claiming to be an insurance agent in September.

"The officer told the victim that he had made an insurance claim for an accident amounting to RM70,000 which was denied by the victim. However on the same day, he received another call from a man claiming to be a police officer.

"The policeman told the victim that he was involved in money laundering activities and that he would be arrested," he said.

Shafien said the victim was asked by the policeman to prepare RM500,000 in order to be released from the offence.

"The victim also gave details of his bank accounts to the officer and was told not to talk to anyone about it.

"A week later, the victim was ordered to transfer all his savings totaling RM115,000 to an individual account.

"In October and last month, he made another transfer of RM280,000 to the same account. The victim had apparently applied for loans amounting RM280,000 from two different banks," he added.

Shafien said the victim later realised that he was duped and lodged a police report.

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