Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Mohd Kamarudin Md Din said the syndicate targetted those looking for part-time work to boost their income or housewives.
"To attract potential victims, they use names of big companies like Lazada, Shopee, Seng Heng and Carousell,” he said in a statement on Monday . Comm Mohd Kamarudin said the syndicates would use media social platforms like WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook to offer jobs as company agents to purchase items on e-commerce platforms to boost ratings.
"The victim will also be ordered to send the photographs of the selected items to the suspect, who will then order the victim to make the payment for the selected items to the mule account provided by the suspect,” he said.