Muallim: A company suffered losses of RM970,000 after its clerk fell victim to a scam syndicate yesterday. Muallim district police chief Supt Khalid Mohamad stated that the victim, a 31-year-old clerk from a food distribution company, lodged a report on the incident at about 11 am yesterday.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the clerk claimed she had received a WhatsApp message from an individual she believed to be her company manager. It is believed that the company manager's mobile phone had been hacked by the suspect, who then instructed the victim to make several financial transactions on behalf of the company.

Khalid reported that the victim transferred a total of RM970,000 in three separate transactions into two different bank accounts as instructed by the suspect. The suspect continued to ask the victim to make further transactions, which led to her becoming suspicious.

When the victim later contacted the company manager for verification, she was informed that no such instructions had been issued for the transactions. Realizing she had been deceived, the victim subsequently lodged a police report.

The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code. Khalid advised fraud victims to immediately contact the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) at 997 to enable swift action to be taken and increase the chances of freezing the transferred funds.