SEREMBAN: The police are again advising people to be wary of telephone scams after a 21-year old student was cheated of almost RM100,000.
Negri Sembilan commercial crime chief Supt Aibee Ab Ghani said the number of such cases have continued to spike despite repeated reminders from the police.
He said as of June 16 this year, 127 cases involving a sum of almost RM3.7mil had been reported in the state alone.The number of cases reported in the corresponding period last year was 72, and involved losses amounting to almost RM1.6mil. The police also arrested 35 suspects. "The caller told the student that she was a suspect in a money-laundering case involving a foreign bank account.
The"officer" then asked the victim for her bank account details and requested the transaction authorisation code or TAC once she received them.
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