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By DayakDaily Team KUCHING, Nov 1: A 46-year-old man lost RM139,427 after being duped in a non-existent online part-time job scam that began with a woman he met on TikTok. Miri District Police Chief ACP Mohd Farhan Lee Abdullah confirmed that the Miri Commercial Crime Investigation Division (CCID) received a police report on Oct 30, 2025, regarding the job scam. “The victim, a local man working as a private company manager in Miri, had befriended a woman through the TikTok application. “He was later invited to join an online part-time job involving buying and selling transactions on a platform called Quantcastshop,” he explained in a statement. The victim opened an online store on the platform and began selling products but was later told to pay verification fees and sales taxes to continue his business and withdraw profits. Following the suspect’s instructions, he transferred RM139,427 through five transactions to two different bank accounts. “The victim realised he had been deceived after failing to withdraw his promised sales profits. The funds used were from his personal savings,” he added. Police are investigating the case under Section 420 of the Penal Code which carries imprisonment of one to ten years, whipping and a fine upon conviction. Mohd Farhan advised the public not to fall for job offers promising quick profits and urged them to verify any suspicious offers through official channels. He urged the public to contact the National Scam Response Center (NSRC) at 997 if they have fallen victim to cyber scams such as phone scams, love scams, e-commerce scams, or fake loan schemes, especially after transferring money to mule accounts or syndicates. The public can also check phone numbers and bank accounts of suspected scammers through Check Scammers CCID or the Semak Mule website at http://semakmule.rmp.gov.my before making any transactions. For the latest information on scam tactics, visit the Facebook pages of the Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID), Cyber Crime Alert Royal Malaysia Police, and the Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department. — DayakDaily
