A 46-year-old working professional has complained to Perak DAP of a syndicate using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), who has conned her of RM22,700 in a single day.

The human resource officer in an international company said the syndicate uses VoIP so that fake caller telephone numbers appear in the victims’ hand-phones, to deceive them into believing the calls are coming from Bukit Aman or Bank Negara.

The woman, who refused to be named or photographed, told a media conference at state DAP headquarters on Friday that she received a phone call from one so-called 'Inspector Chew' from Bukit Aman on May 20 this year.

The impostor questioned her on alleged money-laundering duo who had used her name to open a bank account in Citibank in Hong Kong in Aug 2009.

He then informed her that all the alleged accounts, along with her three local bank accounts were to be frozen pending investigation.

On May 21 she received a follow up call from an alleged Inspector Leong who instructed her to transfer all her savings from her accounts to a Maybank Ipoh account under the name Asiah Johari for safekeeping.

The complainant only realised she had been swindled after following the instructions to transfer nearly all of her funds to the said account.

She immediately lodged a police report at the Sungai Senam station in Ipoh, and has since been knocking on all doors, including political parties, for help to recover her lost funds, before turning to Perak DAP for the recovery of her lost amount.

42 conned so far

DAP state secretary Nga Kor Ming, who called for the media conference, said the syndicate had reportedly conned 42 victims previously.

NONE He urged the police to immediately act against the syndicate to prevent more from falling victim to the scam.

Nga ( in yellow shirt ) said he will write an official letter to the Inspector General of Police soon to investigate.

He advised Perakians to contact state party headquarters at 05-2531532 for advice if they receive such calls.