An elderly woman has turned to the court to mete out justice for her after she was ripped off by an alleged investment scheme which was promoted to her by a Facebook user claiming to be the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.
According to Scoop, the 62-year-old housewife filed her case at the KL High Court through an originating summons, where she alleged she was approached by eight Facebook accounts which used the names Elon Musk and Elon Reeves Musk.
62yo M’sian woman scammed of RM10K by fake Elon Musk
In her originating summons, the woman claimed that she was lured into investing her money in Tesla or other investment platforms which were recommended to her by a person named Ivan Pacheco, who claimed to be Elon Musk’s investment manager.
Court documents showed that on Jan 13, she invested US$250 (approx. RM1,129) with the person pretending to be Elon Musk and US$50 (approx. RM225) with Ivan Pacheco.
She made the investment after she was promised a profit of US$14,100 (approx. RM63,700), which would then be transferred to her Maybank account via two US-based banks, Wells Fargo and Bank of America.
But unsurprisingly, none of those promised profits were credited to her.
Not long after, the woman was contacted by a Facebook account which used the name of Elon’s mother Maye Musk, where she was promised a lavish gift of US$10,000,000 and several Tesla vehicles.
Wanting to shed more light on her situation, the woman sought the help of a Hong Kong-based law firm, Robertsons, who informed her that the Facebook accounts were operated by scammers in Myanmar.
According to an exhibit attached to her affidavit-in-support, the woman claimed that RM10,000 was allegedly ripped off from her.
Sues FBI in court
The woman later filed a lawsuit at the KL High Court without legal representation, citing that she was too poor and currently receives financial assistance from the Kuala Lumpur Islamic Council (MAIWP).
In the lawsuit, she named “Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur”, the police commercial crimes investigations department and anti-money laundering division as defendants.
Aside from the lawsuit, the woman is also seeking a court order requiring the FBI to probe the promised profits that were never banked into her account.
Additionally, she also wants a ruling which would instruct the FBI to give her an update on their investigations.
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