Online Fraud Will Be Arrested By The Malaysian KPK, Beauty Consultant Loss IDR 17.5 Million

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JAKARTA - A 63-year-old beauty consultant in Malaysia has become a victim of online fraud or scams and is afraid that his KPK will be arrested by the neighboring country or the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

As a result of this online fraud, the victim lost RM480,000 or around Rp17.5 million.

The Head of the Tangkak District Police, Supt Roslan Mohd Talib, said the fraud started when the victim received the message with the lure of getting a prize if he installed the 'We Sing' application.

After installing it, the victim was called by a person named Jimmy who said the owner of the 'We Sing' application was arrested by MACC. The victim is said to be entangled.

"Jimmy has frightened the victim by claiming that he has not paid a personal income tax of nearly RM 200,000 and can be arrested by MACC at any time," Mohd Talib said in a statement today, Thursday, October 3, quoted by Bernama.

"The victim who was deceived and afraid of Jimmy's words made several payments to 19 suspect accounts involving 64 transactions through cash deposit machines (CDM) with a total of RM485,100, from July 10 to September 30 (Monday)," he continued.

Rosdi said the victim realized he had been cheated after telling his son the matter before making a police report on Tuesday this week.

The police will process the case based on Article 420 of the Malaysian Criminal Code.