A 41-year-old woman in Kuantan who wanted to purchase a used Toyota Vellfire saw her dreams being shattered and accrued losses of RM23,000 after she fell victim to a used car sale scam on Facebook. As reported by national news agency Bernama, the woman, who works as a trader lodged a police report at the Temerloh district police headquarters yesterday (4 March 2022) after realising that she was cheated by the irresponsible scammers.
The woman was told that the price of the used Toyota Vellfire was RM80,000 when she had contacted an individual known as Stacy who posted a car advertisement on Facebook. The scammer then asked the woman to bank in a downpayment for the vehicle, which she did in four separate transactions for a total amount of RM23,000 in November last year.
Pahang Commercial CID chief, Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof commented on the case, saying,
“The suspect was evasive and gave various excuses when the victim asked her for further details about the vehicle which aroused her suspicion before realising that she had been cheated,”
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Let this be a lesson to all of us to use proper channels and conduct thorough research when purchasing items, especially if it involves a lot of money. Furthermore, if a deal seems too good to be true, most of the time, it is nothing but a scam.
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