Kuala terengganu: A car dealership company suffered losses of RM452,000 after its clerk fell victim to a phone scam syndicate.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Kuala Terengganu district police chief ACP Azli Mohd Noor reported that the 50-year-old finance clerk received a WhatsApp message last Monday from a suspect she believed to be the company owner. The suspect instructed the victim to provide the company's account balance and make three separate transfers amounting to RM452,000 to three different accounts on the same day.

The following day, the suspect requested an additional transfer of RM235,000 to another account. The victim grew suspicious after receiving numerous transaction requests and decided to contact the company owner to verify the instructions. It was then that she discovered her employer had not made such requests.

Azli stated that the victim lodged a police report at 11.19 am yesterday after realizing she had been deceived. The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code.