A Malaysian man working at a car workshop recently shared an incident involving receipt fraud on Facebook, which has since sparked an online debate.
According to the Facebook user named Lee Wei (transliteration), he said the incident happened in May when a lorry driver came to his workshop to buy a light bulb for RM8.
The driver later requested for a receipt, which Lee duly issued.
Lorry driver changes RM8 receipt to RM180
Two months later in July, the finance secretary from the driver’s company called the workshop asking, “Our lorry was repaired at your place, and a light bulb was changed for RM180. What kind of bulb is that?”
Shocked by the price, Lee asked the secretary to send a copy of the receipt. Upon checking the workshop’s duplicate copy of the receipt, it showed that the original price of the lightbulb was RM8—proving the driver had altered his own copy.
The workshop boss later confirmed the lorry driver had indeed altered the price himself.
Company’s response remains unclear
Lee then shared a photo of the original duplicate with the finance secretary. However, it remains unclear whether the company has taken any disciplinary action against the employee involved.
Lee also expressed concern to Noodou that such tampering could damage the workshop’s reputation if the company believed it had been overcharging.
Fortunately, the workshop had retained a duplicate of the original invoice, which helped prove their innocence and resolve the issue before it escalated further.
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