Kampar woman loses over RM129,000 in online job scam

A local woman lost over RM129,000 after falling for a fake online part-time job offer related to hotel bookings.

The victim was added to a WhatsApp group for hotel transactions and instructed to transfer money to several bank accounts with the promise of returns and commission.

She realised the scam upon not receiving the promised capital and commission, and the case is now under investigation by the police.

IPOH, Oct 20 — A local woman suffered losses of more than RM129,000 after being duped by a non-existent online part-time job offer.

Kampar District Police Chief Supt Mohamad Nazri Daud said that his department received a report yesterday from the 34-year-old victim.

“Initial police investigations found that the victim saw an offer for a part-time job related to hotel bookings through social media. Interested, the victim left her phone number to be contacted by the party offering the job.

“The victim received a message from an unknown individual offering the job. The victim was then added to a WhatsApp group supposedly for handling online hotel booking transactions,” he said in a statement today.

Mohamad Nazri said the victim was instructed to make payments for each hotel booking into several bank accounts provided by the suspect, who promised that the capital would be returned along with a commission ranging between 10 to 20 percent, which would increase according to the transaction amount.

He said that due to being lured by the offer and the promise of profits, the victim carried out several money transfer transactions to eight accounts provided by the suspect.

“The victim began to realise she had been cheated when the promised capital and commission were not received after the payments were made. The victim suffered a loss of RM129,975.54,” he said.

He added that the case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code. — Bernama

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一名当地女子因轻信与酒店预订相关的虚假网上兼职工作邀请，损失超过 129,000 令吉。

受害者被拉进一个酒店交易的 WhatsApp 群组，并被指示将钱转入多个银行账户，承诺会给予回报和佣金。

她没有收到承诺的本金和佣金，这才意识到自己被骗了。目前，警方正在调查此案。

怡保，10月20日讯——一名当地女子被一个根本不存在的网上兼职工作机会欺骗，损失超过12.9万令吉。

金宝警区主任莫哈末·纳兹里·达乌德警监表示，他的部门昨天接到了这名34岁受害者的报案。

初步警方调查发现，受害者通过社交媒体看到了一份与酒店预订相关的兼职工作招聘信息。出于兴趣，受害者留下了自己的电话号码，以便招聘方联系她。

“受害者收到一名陌生人发来的信息，对方提供了一份工作。随后，受害者被拉进一个WhatsApp群组，该群组据称是处理在线酒店预订交易的，”他今天在一份声明中说。

莫哈末·纳兹里表示，受害者被指示将每次酒店预订的款项汇入嫌疑人提供的几个银行账户，嫌疑人承诺会返还本金，并支付 10% 到 20% 的佣金，佣金会根据交易金额增加。

他说，由于受到诱饵和利润承诺的诱惑，受害者向嫌疑人提供的八个账户进行了多次转账交易。

他说：“受害者在付款后并未收到承诺的本金和佣金，这才意识到自己被骗了。受害者损失了129,975.54令吉。”

他补充说，此案正根据《刑法》第420条进行调查。——马新社

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