TWO women are among the latest victims of online scammers purporting to offer part-time maid services.
Collectively, both women lost close to RM40,000 while trying to make bookings for cleaners on Aug 12.
Freelance designer Grace Lin said she had clicked on an advertisement on social media that later connected her with a person who introduced himself as “Nick”.
She said “Nick” gave her a link to a website to download a mobile application, which he claimed was the only way to make the booking and payment.
“I used my handphone and minutes after making the payment, I saw pop-ups appearing on my phone alerting me to transactions being made from my bank account.
“I immediately called the bank to block my account, but five transfers totalling RM13,800 had already been made from my account to two accounts in two other banks within three minutes.
“The scammer had also transferred another RM3,000 from my account to another two accounts in two different banks via ewallet,” she said.
Lin said she had lodged police reports and sought assistance from the bank, as well as Bank Negara but there has been no follow-up on the matter.
“A Bank Negara officer said that since my actions were essentially the reason why the scam was successful, I have to seek assistance from the police and the bank to sort out the matter.
“I am at a loss and do not know what to do.
“The website and…
