Latest Scam in Malaysia - Robbing in the name of Telekom

by Tony C
(Selangor, Malaysia)

Latest Scam in Malaysia - Robbing in the name of Telekom

Recently someone rang our doorbell. My daughter checked and found that it was a young Malay guy wearing a blue TM uniform with the words TM Contractor printed in front and the back of the shirt. He informed us that our phone line was out together with our Steamyx. She went in to check and found it was true and informed me that the guy wanted to check the cables in the house.

I tied up my dog and let him in carrying a small bag. He was shown all the phones in the house. When he was in my daughter's room, he asked me to go to my room to check the phone for a dialing tone, and when he was in my room, I was asked to go to the hall to do the same. He was in our house for a good twenty minutes and after that he told me that he has to go outside to check the cable. After looking at the cable outside, he said he will be back to change the cables outside which was supposed to be the main problem.

I had a strong feeling that something was not right. I asked my daughter to check her room to see if he left something behind and to my surprise I was told that her hand phone was missing. I ran to my room to check and found my hand phone and wallet still intact, but checking further my GOLD chain, worth about RM3,000, was missing.

So my friends, please be more alert and make sure that this do not happen to you. By the way TM personel came this morning and they confirm that two wires have been cut from the TM box outside my house.

Latest Scam in Malaysia - Robbing in the name of Telekom