September 30, 2020 @ 12:41pm
KUANTAN: All a 26-year-old insurance agent wanted was to apply for a job posted on Facebook but instead he received a strange request to provide his bank account details.
Unperturbed by the demand, the man obliged and the move proved costly as he ended up losing RM22,000 of his savings.
Source: https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2020/09/628478/insurance-agent-loses-rm22000-job-scam
In the incident on Sept 17, the victim noticed a job vacancy post on Facebook and sent a message to a number written on the advertisement to gather details about the job.
Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Superintendent Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said after some time, the victim received a text message requesting a copy of his MyKad and bank account details.