A BAKER in Kuala Terengganu has suffered losses exceeding RM27,000 after being duped by a syndicate offering a fraudulent online part-time job, police said.
Kuala Terengganu district police chief Assistant Commissioner Azli Mohd Noor said the 30-year-old victim lodged a police report at about 4.48pm yesterday at the Kuala Terengganu police station.
He said the victim claimed to have been cheated by an unknown individual who posed as a representative of an e-commerce platform.
According to Azli, the incident began last Thursday while the victim was at a bakery in Kuala Terengganu, when he received a phone call from an unfamiliar number.
“During the conversation, the victim was told that he had won a contest before being offered an online part-time job,” he said.
The victim was later added to a Telegram group and instructed to complete several tasks, with promises of profits for each task successfully carried out.
“The victim was also informed that making payments in larger amounts would result in higher returns,” Azli said.
He added that the victim subsequently made eight separate transactions to several different bank accounts between December 26 and December 28, involving sums ranging from RM145 to RM10,000, in an attempt to secure the tasks and promised profits.
Azli said the payments were made using the victim’s personal savings as well as money borrowed from family members.
“However, the victim did not receive any of the promised returns and was instead repeatedly asked to make additional payments,” he said.
The victim began to suspect something was amiss after being instructed to make repeated payments without any returns, before realising he had fallen victim to a scam.
The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating. - December 29, 2025
