KUALA LUMPUR: A police officer’s wife fell prey to a Nigerian syndicate’s scam when greed got the better of her, resulting in her losing RM150,000 in dubious investment schemes. It all started innocently enough.
The woman in her mid thirties told police that she used the Internet to chat with a Nigerian man in the wee hours of the morning and the man convinced her that she will get good returns for her investments. She credited the money in six accounts over more than three months since last March.
The cat was out of the bag when the police officer confronted his wife after she persistently demanded money from him to “invest” in her investment scheme.
A Bukit Aman commercial officer told FMT that in her police report the woman had confessed that she had approached her husband for more money after exhausting all her savings and jewellery.
Acting on her report, the police arrested three Nigerians and two local women in Nilai late on Monday, before picking another woman, also a local in Ampang on Tuesday.
Police recovered several computers, ATM cards and bank books from the suspects. It is learnt that the Nigerians had used the local women to bank the money and have email accounts to carry out their illegal activities.
The women in return received some cash as their cut, stay at luxury hotels and enjoyed fully paid overseas trips. Initial investigation revealed that at least four others have been duped by this syndicate.
The suspects in their late 20′s and 30′s are being detained at the Gombak district police station for further investigation.
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com
Friday, September 14, 2012
Isteri pegawai polis ditipu warga Nigeria RM150,000
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dr mana jg isteri peg polis itu dpt kumpul RM sebanyak itu? tipu vs tipu???
ReplyDeleteNigerian scams (also called Nigerian 419 scams), are a type of advance fee fraud and one of the most common types of confidence frauds in which the victim is defrauded for monetary gain.
ReplyDeleteThere are many variations on this type of scam, including advance fee fraud, Nigerian Letter Fifo's Fraud, Spanish Prisoner Scam, black money scam, or Detroit/Buffalo scam. The number "419" refers to the article of the Nigerian Criminal Code dealing with fraud. The scam has been used with fax and traditional mail, and is now used with the internet.
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ReplyDeleteWhile the scam is not limited to Nigeria, the nation has become associated with this fraud and it has earned an unenviable reputation for being an epicenter of email scam crimes. In fact, the top three nations of origin of these scams are the United States, the United Kingdom, and Nigeria (in that order). Other nations known to have a high incidence of advance fee fraud include Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, South Africa, the Netherlands, and Spain.
Where the money came from ? That a good question and at the same time, people's will know the situation about our police officers. If a police wife can effort to posses a lots of money...what about the officer itself ? The emolument for an officer is about RM3000 ++ every month. But this the money and jewellery from A WIFE. Ohh my GOD.
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banyak kes2 penipuan yang telah berlaku sebelum ni. sepatutnya semua kena beringat. jangan mudah sangat terpedaya.
ReplyDeleteSenang-senang ditipu begitu saja. Memang hebatlah warga Negeria sekarang ini.
ReplyDeleteJangan2 isteri polis ni 'bercinta' dengan warga Nigeria di dalam chat.
ReplyDeleteBrcinta tu 'mngkin' ndak tapi ayat2 pelaburan wang yg drekayasa oleh geng2 trbabit memang kita mudah trpengaruh. Tak nampak ayat penipu jika diimbas sekali pandang. Malah disusunkan ayat permulaan dgn maksud mencari siapa yg sudi pegang wang mereka yg dikatakan mahu dicukai oleh kerajaan Nigeria le...duit lebihan itu ini le yg memang rugi kalau trlepas duit tu. Kita baca jer terus rasa nak contact mamat tu utk minta wang. Masa yg sama dia bole pusing balik dan kita pula yg sanggup serahkan wang 'pendahuluan 'kita. Wang kita pulakk??
ReplyDeleteDiharap penipu tu dapat ditangkap
ReplyDeleteentah macam mana la polis tu mahu menjaga orang awam kalau isteri sendiri tidak mampu dijaga..
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