A 26-year-old man’s job hunt allegedly turned into a nightmare after accounts opened under his name were used by a scam syndicate to transfer RM2.4 million.
The man, known as Jay, said he only found out about the matter after a job offer that was supposed to help him earn a living suddenly went silent.
He now fears that he has been made a money mule without his knowledge.
Offered job as customer service officer
According to Harian Metro, Jay was first offered a job as a customer service officer.
He claimed the company told him that accommodation, food and drinks would be provided during a one week training period.
During the training, he was allegedly asked to open a bank account, which the company said was needed for salary payment.
At first, when I received the offer, they provided accommodation, food and drinks, and said I had to undergo one week of training for the company.
“During that week, they asked me to open a bank account, supposedly for my salary,” he said at a press conference.
However, things started to feel strange after that.
Jay said he was told that his bank account application was not approved, before being brought to several other banks.
He claimed the same excuse of his appl was given each time
Wanted to quit, but couldn’t
After three banks supposedly rejected the applications, Jay said he began to feel suspicious.
He wanted to stop attending the training, but claimed he was stopped by a company representative.
Jay and several others eventually continued the training, which ended at the end of April, where they were told to wait for a call to begin work.
But the call never came.
“After three or four days, everyone disappeared. Even their WhatsApp only showed one tick,” he said.
Found company was opened under his name
Feeling uneasy, Jay said he decided to look for the person involved on his own.
That was when he allegedly discovered that a company had been opened under his name, with him listed as the owner.
“When that happened, I took the initiative to look for the person again and only then found out that the person had opened a company under my name, claiming that I was the owner,” he said.
He then checked with the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) and managed to find the contact number of the company secretary.
However, the conversation raised even more concerns.
“When I checked with SSM, I found the secretary’s number and called him. But he said he had also been taken in because of the same case as mine,” Jay said.
Name allegedly used for Internet accounts, phone numbers
Jay said further checks found that his name had also allegedly been used to register two Internet service accounts.
He claimed he was asked to pay around RM14,000 if he wanted to cancel the 24 month contracts with the service provider.
What worried him even more was finding out that several bank accounts had been opened under his name, including at banks he said he had never physically visited.
He also claimed that five phone numbers had been registered using his name.
I also found out that they used my name to register five numbers. Those five numbers were then used to scam other people.”
Jay added that he did not suspect anything at first as the training was done in person and they were staying in the same house.
Meanwhile, Malaysia International Humanitarian Organisation (MHO) secretary general Datuk Hishammuddin Hashim said the organisation will assist Jay in lodging a police report soon.
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