KUALA LUMPUR: A senior manager of an insurance coverage firm has misplaced over RM600,000 from being cheated by a bitcoin investment syndicate since October.
Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Mohd Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid mentioned the 40-year-old native lady received concerned in bitcoin investments by way of a cell phone software believed to be launched to her by a international man.
He mentioned the sufferer received to know the person who used a world cellphone quantity in early October.
“The sufferer downloaded the appliance and transferred RM1,000 into the appliance and managed to earn a revenue of RM800. Since then, the sufferer started to consider what the suspect advised her, and made 31 transactions to eight completely different accounts involving RM648,800.
“The sufferer grew to become suspicious when the cash she invested didn’t yield any returns, and subsequently lodged a police report,” he mentioned in a press release on Sunday (Dec 12).
He additionally suggested the general public to be cautious of these they meet on-line, and never be simply influenced by them. – Bernama
