Police in Malaysia have arrested nine
Nigerians suspected of having cheated a
beautician of an estimated $427,000, Borneo
Post online has reported.
According to Commercial Crime Investigation
Department head Supt Mohd Firdaus Abdullah, all
suspects stationed at the country's capital were
arrested last Wednesday, after two local suspects in
Kuching were released on bail following an
interrogation.
"We traced these foreigners through the Internet
Protocol Address provided by one of the local
suspects," he said when contacted yesterday.
Eight of the foreign suspects were students and one
a businessman, aged 22 to 31.
They are placed under remand until May 29 to
facilitate investigation.
A team from state police headquarters was assigned
to go to Kuala Lumpur to investigate.
The beautician, in her early 30s, is single. She
lodged a police report after realising that she had
been conned several times since early this year.
The victim said she was conned of an estimated
RM1.3 million($427,000) that involved seven
banks, 16 accounts and 40 transactions in more
than three months.
Firdaus advised the public, especially women, not
to be taken in by their online contacts to avoid
being victims of cyber crime.
He hoped this case would be a lesson to those
making friends online.
"We regret that this kind of case is still happening.
We have given lots of advice and publicity, yet
people still fall for these scams," he said.
The swindlers used social network connection like
Facebook, e-mail and chat room to establish
friendship before sending parcels they claim to be
presents.
They would say the parcels contained valuables and
the victims had to make several payments to
Customs and 'agents' to claim their 'gifts' as the
parcels had been 'confiscated' by Customs Malaysia.
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