KUANTAN: A night market trader panicked and lost his savings of RM12,500 after a woman posing as a ‘Magistrate’ made him believe that he had outstanding credit card payments.
Pahang Commercial CID chief Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the 45-year-old victim alleged that he received a call from a person claiming to be a magistrate by the name of ‘Suraya’ purportedly stationed in Terengganu at 3pm, last Thursday.
‘’The ‘magistrate’ claimed that the victim has unpaid card credit arrears of RM10,000 at her court, and must make a payment if he wanted to resolve the case quickly,’’ he told reporters here today.
“A few hours later, the suspect contacted the victim again and instructed him to go to a nearby bank to deposit RM2,500 into an account provided by the suspect.
“The suspect told the victim to wait for another call on Friday, whereby the suspect ordered him to deposit RM10,000 into the same bank account,” he said.
Mohd Wazir said the victim became suspicious when the ‘magistrate’ ended the call after the bank transactions had been completed, prompting him to lodge a police report at the Pekan District Police Headquarters, 37 km from here, yesterday.
‘’The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating which provides for a maximum jail term of 10 years and whipping, and can be fined if convicted,“ he said. — Bernama
