Scam Using Bukit Aman Name

by M LIan
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Scam Using Bukit Aman Name
(Bukit Aman is Malaysia's Police Headquarters)

Dear all,
This just happened recently. Somebody claiming to be Inspector Chew from Bukit Aman had called my husband's hand phone looking for me saying that I was implicated in some money laundering cases. (I really wished that I had those kind of money). He gave a contact number which was 03-2262 6222.

When I checked online, it is true that the number belongs to Bukit Aman HQ. So I called using my office phone to the number and I was told by the operator at the Bukit Aman HQ that there is a syndicate with moles inside of Celcom and Telekom which is running these scams. They will offer to "settle" your case outside and ask for money to be banked into certain accounts.

The operator said everyday the Bukit Aman HQ receives 40-50 calls from the public, people like me asking for verification. She said that they my change their phone number soon because of this scam.

The clever thing about this group is that, when they call you on your hand phone, the number shown would be 03-2262 6222. I guess if you call this number from hand phone, or directly pressing on the number received on your hand phone without re-keying in the numbers again through the keypad, you will reach the syndicate as they must have manipulated either the caller identity or created a fake line. But if you call the same number using land line (Telekom) as I did, you will reach the real Bukit Aman HQ.

So it looks like the conman are getting smarter. But you can tell from the way the caller speaks, that he is not very educated and hence not likely to be of the caliber of an officer.

Hope you will tell your family and friends.

I think they target mostly Chinese.