Malaysian yoga instructors cheated nearly 60,000

The fraud case of impersonating National Bank employees is back. When three people sang three tricks, a 50-year-old yoga teacher unfortunately fell into the trap of cheating and lost RM57, 000.

Yoga teacher Li Minfeng held a press conference on Sunday afternoon with the assistance of Patang Lalang District State Councilor Chen Zongxing, hoping to warn the public not to fall into the trap of fraud groups through media reports.

Li Minfeng claimed that at around 12 noon on the 15th of this month, he received a call from a person claiming to be a bank employee, saying that she used the bank's credit card to swipe RM9330 in Indonesia on the 13th of this month.

Li Minfeng immediately told the other party that she did have the bank's credit card, but it had been cancelled about four years ago, not to mention that she had never been to Indonesia.

"The other party told me that it was very likely that I would have my credit card stolen by someone else, and he would hand over my case to another person. Sure enough, not long after, there was a man who claimed to be a member of the National Bank's fake credit card department. Mr. Wang called."

She disclosed that Mr. Wang gave a registration number and said that he was helping the victim to prevent other information from being leaked. At the same time, she asked for the account number of her other bank account and the amount in it, and Ms. Li also told the other party honestly.

"Later, another woman named Helen called me and pointed out that my Malayan Bank and Public Bank accounts could temporarily keep them for me. Because OCBC Bank is a bank in Singapore, she asked me to go to OCBC Bank to withdraw RM57, 000 in cash. She also asked how long it would take to get from my home to OCBC Bank."

Submit in cash

She disclosed that the other party told her to make it in cash and was not allowed to make it in the form of cheque, and the money would be remitted to her Malaybank account in two to three days later.

She continued that after she withdrew the cash, she called Helen. After the call was connected, it was just like usual when calling the bank service hotline. She needed to enter the extension number to connect to Helen. On the phone, Helen told her to remit the money to HSBC Bank, and during this period, she was not allowed to turn off the phone.

She disclosed that at that time, her daughter followed her to HSBC Bank. Helen asked her on the phone to remit cash to a man's account. She asked her daughter to help her fill out the cash transfer form, and RM57, 000 was transferred to a strange man's bank account.

Ms. Li revealed that when she first received the phone call, she was deeply disgusted, but she still kept using her feet, followed the other party's instructions, and finally transferred the money to the strange man's account.

Ms. Li's daughter said that at HSBC, she reminded her mother that this might be a scam, but in the end she followed her mother's instructions and transferred the money to the other party's account.

Illegal accounts are blacklisted

Chen Zongxing specially accompanied Li Minfeng to HSBC at the foot of the mountain today to expose the matter to the bank's manager. The other party also assisted the owner in notifying HSBC headquarters. HSBC has blacklisted the account and frozen it.

Chen Zongxing advised the public to calm down and immediately turn off the phone when receiving similar calls in the future. If they are not sure whether they have been swiped or picked up, they can go to the relevant bank to inquire.

He said that there were really too many flaws in this matter, and the fraud case was obviously a group operation and was familiar with psychology and banking operation models.

"First, if the other party says you went abroad to maxed out your card, you can show your passport to prove that you were not abroad at the time; second, the National Bank has everyone's account information in each bank. If you are an employee of the National Bank, he can enter the registration number to inquire about all your bank information, and there is no need to ask you for other account information by phone or text message. Third, if the bank collects debts, it will only recover the bank's own bank, and it will not be possible for Bank A to assist in collecting the debts."

He also called on the police to follow the phone number provided by the victim and arrest the fraud group. In addition, he reminded the public not to lend their accounts to others for petty profits. If the official bank account involves fraud, the account owner will also be regarded as an accomplice. (Editor in charge: Chen Shaopeng)