:Don't believe promises of quick cash rewards: Jaafar

TAWAU, District police chief ACP Jaafar Mohd. Yussof reiterated that members of the public should be extra careful on promises of easy money or property scams as many irresponsible people are taking advantage to make quick cash and preying on unsuspecting people.

Jaafar said that cases such as the common con group claiming to be illegal but had strike on lottery ticket has been detected around the district. `Please be careful and help us by reporting to us should anyone come across such people’, he added.

He said that the latest case involved yet another method of using Short Message Service (SMS) where a Malay lady aged 25 became the victim. Jaafar added the lady received an SMS informing her that she had won RM30,000 made by Petronas and she was asked to purchase a SIM card for RM100 and provide her account number. The victim received the message on July 17.

`This is a common method but this victim got wise after following the procedure and lodge a report’, he explained.