Teacher who wanted to buy dressing table ends up losing RM20,120

JEMPOL - A teacher who wanted to purchase a dressing table on Facebook, ended up losing RM20,120 after she was conned by a scammer selling non-existent furnitures.

Jempol district police chief superintendent Hoo Chang Hook said the 42-year old woman saw an advertisement on the sale of the dressing table on Facebook on Feb 27.

“The victim was interested in buying it and clicked on the fake online banking link before filling in her personal details including her bank account number.

"She was then asked to pay a RM10 membership fee which would enable her to buy furnitures at a cheaper price,” he said in a statement today.

According to Hoo, the victim tried to make the payment via money transfer but was unsuccessful, which led her to suspect that something was amiss.

“She then checked her Tabung Haji account only to find that she lost RM16,060 as the money was transferred to the victim's Bank Islam account, and then into two unknown e-wallet accounts,” he added.

Hoo said the victim subsequently lodged a police report at the Ladang Geddes police station last Tuesday.

The case was being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code.