SHAH ALAM: Police nabbed seven locals for their involvement in online scam in Bandar Putri, Klang last week. The arrests came following police’s raid on a bungalow on Aug 29.
“The suspects, four men and three women aged 19 to 27, are believed to be part of a syndicate. We believe that the online scam involved RM600,000 losses,“ Selangor Commercial CID chief ACP Fazlisyam Abd Majid said in a press conference at Selangor police headquarters here yesterday.
He said police also seized 14 mobile phones, 12 ATM cards, 11 sim cards, two folders of documents believed to contain victims’ information, two pieces of paper with telephone scripts, one folder of mobile phone numbers and two vehicles.
Further checks revealed that victims made a total of 95 police reports against the syndicate, which is believed to have operated from various locations in Selangor over the past six months.
Fazlisyam added that the suspects detained had been paid RM1,500 each per month and promised commissions based on the amount of money successfully scammed from victims.
He said the scammers would often post advertisements on social media and would wait for victims to call.
In Selangor alone, 378 cases of personal loan scams were reported from January to June, involving over RM4 million in losses for victims.
