A woman has lost over RM 70000 to a Macau scam syndicate. 

The victim, a 49 -year-old woman received a phone call from an individual claiming to be an officer of a telecommunication company informing her that she allegedly had RM1,188 outstanding company taxes to be paid.

Seberang Perai Utara District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Noorzainy Mohd Noor, said the victim's call was then connected to another individual who claimed to be a police officer from the Seremban District Police Headquarters (IPD) who stated that the victim was involved in money laundering.

She immediately panicked and followed the instruction given to her which was not to inform anyone about the investigation and to provide them information about her account and verification codes (TAC or OTP) for further investigation.

After the call, the victim noticed that her bank balance had decreased which was believed to be the actions of the suspect. 

Later, she also transferred half of her money totaling up to RM 70000 to a different account believing that it was to be used for the investigation. Through all the panic and the worry, she failed to realise that she was trapped in a scam by the Macau scam syndicate. 

The real police are currently carrying out an investigation on the bank account number of the suspect. 

They advised the public to be careful not to easily believe any call they receive because the police don’t deal with the public through phone calls or ask for bank details.