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Pahang teacher takes out RM100,000 bank loan to pay scammers

KUANTAN: A teacher, 34, obtained a RM100,000 personal loan to pay scammers last month.

The victim lost RM160,750 in total through a phone scam after falling prey to fraudsters posing as a Shopee employee and policemen.

Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman today said the victim had 's nightmare began when she received a phone call from a person who introduced himself as a Shopee employee last month.

"The caller claimed that the victim had used the Shoppe platform to do business.

"When the victim denied this, she was instructed to complete the police's e-reporting system (to deny the claim).

"The call was then transferred to a 'policeman'.

"The policeman told the victim that she will receive a video call from the department.

"Later, she received a video call and was instructed to display her MyKad to confirm her identity before the call was transferred to the Bukit Aman police headquarters.

"The 'police officer' told the victim that her bank account linked with Shoppe was involved in money laundering and drug smuggling."

She was told the matter could be solved, he said.

Yahaya said the victim went to a financial institution to apply for a RM100,000 bank loan and later transferred RM160,750 to bank accounts.

The victim realised she had been cheated and lodged a report on Sunday.

Yahaya urged people to conduct checks at https://semakmule.rmp.gov.my before carrying out transactions.

In August, Yahaya had said teachers in Pahang were duped of RM1.2 million by scammers in the first seven months of this year.

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