Lagi wanita hangus RM50K ditipu melalui panggilan telefon

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KLANG: “Your son has been arrested for serious drug offences. He is not bailable. But we could help you to see your son a different way.”

One call from a “police inspector” got a mother frantic into believing that her 32-year-old son was really arrested.

She later became RM50,000 poorer after paying the “inspector” who promised to let her see her son, who was actually never arrested.

The housewife who wanted to be known as Madam Lee from Taman Bukit Jed in Seremban said that she received that fateful call at about 10.30am on Wednesday from a man who claimed to be Inspector Tan.

“He read my son’s name and said that the crime he committed was serious and was not bailable.

“He told me that my son would be sent to the detention centre soon and asked for RM120,000 if I wanted to see him and get the case settled.

“My heart was racing when I heard this. I told the man I did not have that much of money and we agreed for RM50,000 after some negotiations,” she said when met here Saturday.

Lee said the man allowed her to speak with her son over the phone.

“I could hear my son crying and calling out for help. He even said he had no idea why he was found with drugs while helping his colleagues to move stocks while at work.

“This strengthened my belief that it was my son. I was stunned and felt desperate after the call,” sobbed Lee, who has heart ailment, adding that the man really sounded like her son with the way he addressed her and how he spoke.

Lee said she tried to call her son on his mobile but to no avail.

Then she received a call from her son’s number with the inspector’s voice on the other end, telling her to hurry if she wanted to save her son.

She did as she was asked, staying on the phone with the fake officer every step of the way.

“He then told me to put the money in an envelope and drop it under a tree near a parking compound in front of a bank in Pasar Seremban.

“He even told me to walk away without turning my head. But I did and saw a man on a motorcycle picking up the envelope before fleeing.

“He then told me not to worry and that the case will be settled. He said my son would go home soon.”

Once she had dropped off the money, Lee gathered herself and went home before calling his son again.

Her son was at work in Bukit Jalil at the time, unaware of anything that had happened.

“He had never been arrested. That was when I realised I was cheated,” said Lee, adding that she lodged a police report with her family members at the Jalan Campbell police station later.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) was believed to have been used to clone the number of the victim’s loved ones, so that the child’s name would show up on the caller ID.

The scammers would even sometimes employ “actors” to cry in the background to trick them into thinking that their loved ones were in distress.

Klang-based social activist Peter Tan, who highlighted Lee’s plight at his residence here called on members of the public to be wary of scammers, who use technology to their advantage.

He said he would seek the help of Bukit Aman’s commercial crimes department to hasten investigations into the case.

sgbuloh

awat pompuan ni suka ditipu? pelik betul ler.

rospinki

Mcm ada bau ikan masin skit. Ni anak dia punya komplot.

NURMIMIE

rospinki replied at 1-8-2015 07:11 PM
Mcm ada bau ikan masin skit. Ni anak dia punya komplot.

ai pun rasa begitu..

anak sendiri punya kerja..

makneng

Sian acik ni kalo anak senirik yg dajalkan.

rospinki

NURMIMIE replied at 1-8-2015 07:36 PM
ai pun rasa begitu..

anak sendiri punya kerja..

Kan..pasal dia tau mak dia ada duit byk dlm bank. takan la org yg tk tau menahu tiba2 nk culik mintak Duit byk tu.

kemaruk

hari khamis aritu kot tak silap, bangkem ada overheard sorang apek cakap anak dia kena culik...

dia tengah explain kat staff di kaunter

tapi yang tu kat maybank puchong

NURMIMIE

rospinki replied at 1-8-2015 09:55 PM
Kan..pasal dia tau mak dia ada duit byk dlm bank. takan la org yg tk tau menahu tiba2 nk culik min ...

ala.. yang konon2 nangis2 tuh tak kan mak dia tak kenal suara anak sendiri?..

kalau ye pun, kenapa time mak tuh nak call, dan dan time tuh gak tak dapek..

lepas tuh ada pula call mak dia dari nombor henpon anak tuh?.. kalau pun betul kena pintasan macam selalu2 tuh, jarang orang guna nombor henpon!.. dan jarang orang boleh dapat nombor peribadi orang lain berketepatan dengan nombor mak dia untuk di call..

nak tambah sedap cerita lagi, dalam kepala hotak ai ne, mmg dia tahu kot anak dia terlibat dengan dadah, tuh yang bila polis tangkap mengelabah mak nenek tuh!! dan taik2 dadah ne kalau buat cerita mmg kreatif..

tapi cerita ne pada ai tak adalah kreatif mana sangat.. masih boleh hidu bau durian kampung..