While investments are generally harmless and a way to grow one’s riches, it’s vital to conduct checks before going head-first into an investment scheme as it could be a scam.
A businesswoman in Perak learnt this the hard way after she lost a staggering RM6.2 million in a gold investment scheme which turned out to be a sham.
M’sian woman loses RM6.2mil in gold investment scam
According to a statement by Perak police chief Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri, he said the incident occurred on Oct 14 of last year at Taman Rasi Jaya in Menglembu, reported NST.
“Based on initial investigations, the victim was at her home browsing through an investment page on Facebook and subsequently pressed a link to a suspicious phone number on WhatsApp.
“Her phone number was then added into different WhatsApp groups for investment in the gold market,” he said.
Mohd Yusri added that from that point onwards, the 61-year-old woman made a total of 32 transactions into 11 different bank accounts totaling RM6.2 million.
“She only realised she was scammed when she wanted to withdraw her investment worth RM2.2 million. The scammer didn’t respond to her and the investment platform became inaccessible.
“She lodged a police report over the incident yesterday (Jan 22),” he said.
Mohd Yusri called upon the public to be wary of investment offers which aren’t approved by Bank Negara Malaysia or the Securities Commission appearing on social media platforms, primarily Facebook.
He also urged them to call the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) at 997 to report online financial scams.
We hope this woman learns her lesson in not falling for lucrative investments offers!
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