JOHOR BARU: A woman here lost RM180,000 after handing over her belongings, including a car, to invest in a money and gold scheme introduced by a friend, says the police.
Seri Alam OCPD Supt Mohd Sohaimi Ishak said the 43-year-old victim lodged a police report on Wednesday (May 24).
“In August last year, the victim met a local male, who was an old acquaintance, who introduced her to an investment scheme that promised a 5% return weekly from the amount of money or gold being invested.
“She was interested in the offer and from August to October 2022, the victim invested cash into the suspect’s bank account. The victim also gave her jewellery and even a car to the suspect for investment purposes amounting to RM260,000,” he said here on Thursday (May 25).
Supt Mohd Sohaimi added that between August 2022 and February this year, the victim received some of her investment returns amounting to RM80,000.
“However, she has yet to receive any returns after February when the suspect gave many excuses and was no longer contactable.
“The victim believes that she has been cheated where she lost about RM180,000 after investing in the scheme,” he said, adding that the case was being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
He added that investigations will also cover the involvement of mule account holders and action will be taken against the holders of the “mule accounts” involved.
Supt Mohd Suhaimi also reminded the public to always be vigilant especially when they were being offered financial offers.
He advised the public to use the online services provided by the Malaysian Police Commercial Crime Investigation Departments (CCID), such as the National Scam Response Centre, CCID Infoline, Semak Mule and also the Malaysian Police CCID Facebook page before making any payments.
