Final-year student falls for RM100-a-day ‘accounting job’ that turned her bank account into a mule account

A 22-year-old final-year business student in Kuching fell victim to a mule account scheme after seeking part-time work on Facebook.

The scam involved receiving and transferring funds through her bank and e-wallet accounts, ultimately leaving her unpaid and with her bank account frozen.

The Sarawak United People's Party Public Complaints Bureau highlighted the incident as a cautionary tale for students and graduates against dubious job offers on social media that involve the handling of money through personal accounts.

The student has since reported the incident to the police.

KUCHING, Oct 4 — A final-year business student here, aged 22, has become the latest victim of a mule account scheme.

Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Public Complaints Bureau chief Milton Foo said the case began on Sept 20 when the student was searching for online jobs via Facebook.

She later found the job offer, after which she was contacted by an individual via WhatsApp and was offered a part-time online accounting job, with payment of RM100 a day.

“However, the task was to receive money from certain individuals through her bank account,” said Foo at a press conference held at SUPP headquarters here.

On Sept 22 and 23, a sum of RM12,246 was deposited into her bank account from five individuals, and after that, the fund was transferred to two other accounts.

Following that, a sum of RM20,117 was deposited into her e-wallet account from eight individuals, before being transferred to six different accounts as per instructed.

“However, the victim did not receive the promised pay, and that the suspect disappeared and could no longer be contacted.

“She later found out that she was being used by the suspect after noticing that her bank account had been frozen.

“Checks done by her on the Semak Mule portal showed that there were three police reports lodged on her bank account: each in Sentul, Sri Petaling and Kelana Jaya.

“She then lodged a police report on Sept 29,” said Foo.

The SUPP man stressed that this incident served as a reminder to university students and fresh graduates to not be easily deceived by job offers obtained from social media.

“A job offer asking the job-seekers to use their own bank accounts to receive and transfer money is a definite red flag,” he added. — The Borneo Post

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古晋一名 22 岁的商科大四学生在 Facebook 上寻找兼职工作时，不幸成为洗钱账户骗局的受害者。

该骗局涉及通过她的银行和电子钱包账户接收和转移资金，最终导致她没有收到款项，并且她的银行账户被冻结。

砂拉越联合人民党公共投诉局强调，这起事件是对学生和毕业生的警示，提醒他们不要轻信社交媒体上涉及通过个人账户处理金钱的可疑工作机会。

该学生已就此事向警方报案。

古晋，10月4日讯——一名22岁的古晋商科应届毕业生成为洗钱骡子账户骗局的最新受害者。

砂拉越人民联合党（人联）公共投诉局局长傅文龙表示，该案件始于9月20日，当时这名学生正在通过Facebook寻找网上工作。

后来她找到了这份工作，之后有人通过 WhatsApp 联系她，并向她提供了一份兼职在线会计工作，日薪 100 马币。

“然而，她的任务是通过银行账户接收某些人的钱款，”Foo在砂拉越人民联合党总部举行的新闻发布会上说。

9 月 22 日和 23 日，有 5 个人向她的银行账户存入了 12,246 令吉，之后，这笔资金被转移到了另外两个账户。

随后，八个人向她的电子钱包账户存入了 20,117 令吉，然后按照指示将这笔钱转入了六个不同的账户。

“然而，受害者并没有收到承诺的赔偿金，而嫌疑人则消失了，再也无法联系到他。

“后来她发现自己的银行账户被冻结后，才意识到自己被嫌疑人利用了。”

“她在 Semak Mule 门户网站上进行的查询显示，她的银行账户被报了三起警局报案：分别在 Sentul、Sri Petaling 和 Kelana Jaya。

“随后，她在9月29日向警方报案，”Foo说道。

砂拉越人民联合党（SUPP）成员强调，这一事件提醒大学生和应届毕业生，不要轻易被社交媒体上获得的工作机会所欺骗。

“如果招聘信息要求求职者使用自己的银行账户收付款，这绝对是一个危险信号，”他补充道。——《婆罗洲邮报》

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