Jogger falls victim to credit card-swapping syndic
KUALA LUMPUR: A tailor was shocked to find someone had entered her car and switched her credit cards with cards which belonged to another person.
The woman, who only identified herself as Ms Tong, 31, from Subang Jaya, said that she had left her car at Taman Tun Dr Ismail Mon’t Kiara park on Sunday before going for a jog.
She came back later to find her car unlocked. However, she was relieved that her purse which she kept under the driver’s seat was still intact. Thinking that no theft had occurred, she left. Later she received a call from her bank requesting her to verify some transactions that she had made.
She was shocked when told that she had purportedly spent RM24,000, and upon checking her purse, she found that her credit cards had been replaced with those belonging to another person.
The incident was related to MCA Public Services and Complaints department head Datuk Michael Chong. “We believe a syndicate is involved They target women who leave their cars to go to fitness centres, or to go jogging.
“The syndicate members will mingle around the parking lots looking for cars and will then open the car doors using duplicate keys. The thieves will not take any valuables but they will replace the owner’s cards with other cards from the same banks,” Chong added.
