KOTA KINABALU: A manager of a tourism centre in Ranau was duped out of nearly RM500,000 after being tricked by scammers that he was involved in a company behind money laundering and drugs.
Ranau OCPD Deputy Supt Simiun Lomudin said the 35-year-old victim had transferred money to various bank accounts provided by the scammers since he was first contacted on April 6.
He said the victim reported receiving a call from a man who claimed to be an officer of the Kedah Inland Revenue Board .“The victim denied involvement in the company and the caller immediately connected him to a second suspect posing as a 'Sergeant Tengku Iskandar' based in Kedah. He said the second suspect then connected him to another alleged senior officer who claimed to be able to revoke the arrest warrant but the victim had to deposit a sum of money into the account provided.
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