SIBU: A housewife lost RM10,600 from her bank account after clicking a link in a text message from an unknown number.
Sibu’s Commercial Crime Investigation Division received a report on Aug 12 from the housewife after losing her money on Aug 6.
“On Aug 6, the complainant received a text from an unknown number which said that her account was not in a normal state and needed to click on the link to recover the account.
“After she clicked on the link, it requires her to log in to her bank account online by entering her user ID and password,” said Sibu district police chief ACP Zulkilpli Suhaili today.
He said the complainant was able to log in to her online bank account believing that she had successfully recovered her account.
However, on Aug 12, she realised that four transactions were made when she checked her account balance.
“A sum of RM10,600 from her account was gone from her account. The transactions were made to transfer money from her account to an unknown bank,” said the chief.
He reminds the public not to click on any links in text messages from unknown numbers, especially involving bank accounts.
In a separate case, the police received a report on yesterday from a male victim where he was scammed by a suspect disguised as a moneylending agent.
The victim, who is a businessman, lost RM10,000 to two local bank accounts after four transactions were made through online banking to process the purported loan.
“The victim was also promised a money return after the loan was approved. After the payment was made, he was still billed to make another payment with various charge reasons.
“The victim got suspicious and lodged a police report for further action,” added Zulkipli.
As a precautionary measure, he reminds the public to check with local banks or legal financial agencies first to make sure everything is good.
Apart from that, Zulkipli also advise the public to be more sensitive to the scammer’s modus operandi in deceiving the public and make rational decisions before taking action.
