KOTA KINABALU - When caterer Jolene Robin received an order for 150 lunch sets with beverages over three consecutive days, she was excited. The order was worth a few thousand ringgit, but little did she know, she was about to be cheated. The 43-year-old...
On the delivery date of May 30, Ms Jolene said she received a call from another man, who claimed to be from the same department.
The man asked Ms Jolene if she could provide them with packed ready-to-eat meals and 20 cartons of packet drinks.“I told them I did not know any supplier for such meals. The man referred me to a supplier, but I did not proceed with the order because I did not have enough money to pay first,” she said.She said that in the evening when her customers were supposed to collect the meal sets, they could not be reached.
“When I checked my phone, I saw their messages on WhatsApp had all been deleted. They also blocked me,” shared Ms Jolene, who has been in the food industry for three years. She then took to social media, offering those who wished to buy food and drinks to drop by at her stall at the Kadazandusun Cultural Association compound, where the Kaamatan Festival was being held.“I am sharing this so that people are aware and will not fall for this scam,” she added.
Not long after her story went viral, an army man based in Kuala Lumpur came forward to inform her that his name had been used by the scammers.It is learnt that the district Commercial Crimes Investigation Department has received several reports on the matter and was investigating the case. - THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
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