Negeri Sembilan Commercial CID chief Aibee Abd Ghani said the 57-year-old man told police he was contacted by a man using the name of David Simon about 3pm on Wednesday.

He said the victim, from Nilai, was told that his name had been blacklisted for failing to pay tax arrears amounting to RM17,600.76 on a company, New West Enterprise, registered with the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) in Alor Setar.

“The man then told the complainant that an arrest warrant had been made against a man named Mohd Faisol Ariffin, who was said to have a joint account with the complainant, in the company. The complainant denied the matter,” he said in a statement today.

The technician then claimed that his call was connected to the Kedah police contingent headquarters (IPK) and he was instructed to provide all bank account information, including his password and ATM card details.

He was then asked to make several transactions to a given account, purportedly for investigation purposes.

He said the complainant only realised that he had been cheated after finding out that some bank transactions had been made. He called the bank to block his account and lodged a police report yesterday.

The investigation is being conducted under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which provides for a maximum jail term of 10 years and whipping and a fine, if the person is convicted.