Going cashless is supposed to make things safer and faster. For one Kuala Lumpur restaurant, it nearly became a shortcut for fraud.
Pretended to order food before pasting QR code
On Monday (Aug 18), a man walked into the restaurant owned by Datuk Mohamed Mosin Abdul Razak, Deputy President of the Malaysian Muslim Restaurant Owners Association, and ordered three packets of nasi lemak.
While staff were busy, he quietly pasted his own QR code over the shop’s payment QR at the counter, then said he needed to get cash from his car and never returned.
Scam only discovered by chance
The trick surfaced when another customer paid but the money did not appear in the restaurant’s account.
Staff checked and found a different QR code stuck over the original. A police report was later filed at the Taman Tun Dr Ismail station.
He only managed to siphon RM6.60 before the scam was noticed. Mohamed Mosin said a similar incident was believed to have happened at an outlet in Rawang the day before.
Imagine if he pasted his QR code at dozens of shops. The amount could have been much higher. I hope restaurant operators and shop owners stay alert to prevent such incidents.”
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