M’sian Retiree Loses Life Savings By a Scammer Who Claimed That There Were ‘Arrest Warrants’ for Her

Let me give you an example of an SMS I once received.

“Hi, how are you? Just to check if you’re still interested to get our horse and live casino account? PM this number and I’ll send details.”

What did I do?

Of course, I ignored it. 

Even if it was real, I’m not a gambling man.

But experienced scammers are like magicians, bedazzle you with some tricks and poof, there goes your money

If you’ve followed our Instagram account (we’ll send oxygen to you if you follow us), you’d have seen this video that shows you how smooth phone scammers are:

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So, what’s the story in this article?

The Scam Call

Keep your friends close, enemies closer and money within arms reach.

A woman in Batu Pahat, Malaysia, one day received a call some weeks back where she was told she hadn’t paid bank loan instalments of roughly S$16,348.

The retiree denied taking any bank loan.

Cynical, but if you know that you didn’t do anything, just hang up on the clown.

The caller continued and told her to lodge a police report at a police station, but she told them that she was doing some errands.

She only started panicking once it was mentioned that there were several arrest warrants out for her and her husband.

This was made even more convincing when a ‘policeman’ sent her a copy of the arrest warrant too.

Okay, yeah. I’d be in a panic if someone actually showed that to me. 

Money Mishap

The inevitable was bound to happen.

The woman and her husband were then directed to move all their money to one account because the ‘police’ were planning to freeze their other bank accounts.

They were then given another mobile number to register for the TAC codes for an account and proceeded to give her Internet Banking details.

So basically from this point on, they were screwed.

When her woman informed her family about the incident, one of them warned her that it could’ve been a Macau Scam.

Unfortunately, when the couple when to check their bank account the next day, their life savings of around S$98,086 were all gone.

For those who don’t know what a Macau Scam is, it basically starts with a phone call from someone pretending to be an officer from a bank, government agency or debt collector.

After that, well, you saw what happened to the poor couple.

While we can easily write off the woman as careless, sometimes scams can be hard to identify.

If any of you suspect you’re on the receiving end of one, call the police. Better to let law enforcement do the investigation than risk getting your money stolen.