MIRI: A female manager of a private company here lost RM200,635 in online job scam and non-existent investment.
According to Miri district police cheif ACP Alexson Naga Chabu, a total 18 bank transactions to 13 different bank accounts were made by the 52 year-victim in the period of February 28 up till March 4 (this year).
Alexson disclosed that they received a report on the incident on March 4 from the victim.
He said, the victim had received a message the WhatApps application from someone offering part-time job.
“The victim was then being instructed to perform simple tasks such as pressing the ‘Subcribe’ button to receive payment for each task performed,” Alexson said.
She was also then offered to invest her money in an investment scheme, which promised lucrative profits.
However, the victim only realised that she had been cheated when she could not withdraw her cash after performing the ‘task’ she was told to do earlier on.
