Man paid with fake notes in phone sale

 

Police urged the public to be wary of fraud using counterfeit money. (Facebook pic)

KUALA LUMPUR: A man was allegedly paid with counterfeit money when he sold his mobile phone to a woman on Sept 20.

Kajang police chief Zaid Hassan said the seller became aware of the fraud after he failed to deposit 17 RM100 notes the woman paid him, into his bank account.

“Earlier, the victim had advertised the phone on Facebook, and after agreeing to a price offer of RM1,950, he met the suspect, who came in a brown car driven by a man, at the Billion Shopping Centre in Bandar Teknologi Kajang.

“The suspect handed over 17 RM100 notes and five RM50 notes. After concluding the transaction, the victim went to deposit the money into his account and realised that all the RM100 notes were not accepted by the cash deposit machine (CDM),” he said in a statement tonight.

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He said only the RM50 notes that the seller received were genuine. The man had apparently sold his mobile phone to raise money for his business.

Zaid advised the public to be wary of fraud using counterfeit money.

“Identify the individuals that you’re dealing with first and check the latest modus operandi (of fraudsters) through the Bukit Aman commercial crime investigation department’s Facebook and the police’s cyber crime alert,” he said, adding that the case was being investigated under Section 489B of the Penal Code. - FMT