Malaysia

14-second scam: victim recovers RM1 mil lost through online fraud

However, businessman’s wife says bank yet to provide explanation

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 01 Mar 2023 9:00AM

14-second scam: victim recovers RM1 mil lost through online fraud
Special assistant to Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen, Michael Kong, shows the call log of Lee’s phone where the latter received a call claiming to be from PosLaju, while Lee (second right) and his wife (right) look on, yesterday. Lee is one of the latest victims to seek help from Sarawak DAP over online banking scams. – Borneo Post Online pic, March 1, 2023

KUCHING – The wife of the businessman here who lost RM1 million in an alleged online banking scam confirmed that he has indeed managed to recover the lost funds.

When speaking to The Borneo Post, she said they were very happy to get their money back.

“Yes, we are very happy that we managed to get our money back.

“We received a call from the bank’s Kuala Lumpur headquarters informing my husband that our money has been refunded into our bank account. So, we went to the bank’s branch here to check and saw that indeed, our RM1 million is in our account.”

When asked how many transactions were made to their account, the wife of the businessman identified as Lee said the money was transferred in one lump sum in just one transaction.

However, despite recovering their money, she said they did not receive any explanation from the bank.

“There are still a lot of questions that arise, because the bank did not explain to us how the money was able to be refunded from the account who stole the money from us,” she said.

Earlier today, Human Rights Commission of Malaysia commissioner John Chew told The Borneo Post that police will be giving the details of the case at a press conference today.

It is learnt that the Sarawak DAP, which had brought the case to light on Monday, is holding a separate press conference on the matter today.

Yesterday, the 39-year-old businessman, who identified himself as Lee, told reporters that after picking up a call from an unknown number two days ago he ended up losing the RM1 million from his bank account 14 seconds later. – Borneo Post Online, March 1, 2023

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