KUALA TERENGGANU, Feb 8 (Bernama) — A sales executive lost RM50,750 after falling victim to a fake tender scam.
Kuala Terengganu police chief ACP Azli Mohd Noor said the 29-year-old woman was contacted on Feb 5 by a man posing as a government officer.
The suspect offered an urgent tender to supply chairs and tables for a primary school canteen in the Marang district.
“The suspect also gave her the number of an accomplice posing as a supplier, supposedly to secure the items at a lower price.
“Believing the offer, the victim transferred RM50,750 at 2.25 am yesterday into an account specified by the suspect using company funds,” he said in a statement today.
Azli said checks later showed that no such tender existed.
“Realising she had been scammed, the victim lodged a police report at 5.27 pm yesterday. The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code,” he added.
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