MoF warns the public of scammers
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) warned the public of scammers, wrongfully abusing minister Lim Guan Eng’s name.
In a statement today, MoF said there could be scammers using Lim and MoF’s email addresses, and urged the public to verify first if they received such a mail.
MoF noted a recent police report by a Filipino claiming to have been scammed by people using the Treasury’s letterheads and Lim’s email addresses.
“It has come to our attention that a Filipino individual made a police report at Dang Wangi station alleging to have been defrauded with false documentation,” the MoF statement read.
“The individual claimed to have received emails from the minister along with a letter dated March 4 with his signature. The individual in question emailed us for verification.”
The letter stated that a diplomat for the United Nations called “Bleck Dildrop” was given the authorisation by MoF to send a package to the Filipino at his Philippines residence after a payment of US$30,520 (or RM124,754) was made to the diplomat.
The letter contained Lim’s signature in his capacity as “Government Secretariat Executive Council” and Minister of Finance.
The incident along with the letter came to the attention of MoF after the Filipino emailed the ministry and Lim to check if the letter was legitimate.
“We have never come out with a letter or email asking for US$30,520 as it says in the letter,” MoF said in the statement.
“It is fake and is circulating out there with the intent to defraud. The act of cheating and falsifying documents is an offence under the Penal Code section 417, 419, 426, 464, 465, 468 and 476.
“We urge the public to use our official channels for any information as stated on http://www.treasury.gov.my/”
