Police alerting the public about a money laundering scam through fake phone calls

The police have informed the public about a racket of obtaining money by making fake phone calls.

It has been revealed that fake phone calls have been made to 09 depots of the Ceylon Traffic Board in different parts of the island. The traffickers have called the depots and said that the manager, senior officer or their family members of the depots have met with an emergency at some place and to send an emergency amount of Rs. 10,000 through Easycash for vehicle repair.

The police say that they pretend to be the owner of a garage or a police officer who came to the place or some other specific person. In many cases, when checking the telephone numbers received, it has been revealed that the numbers on the SIM cards belong to deceased persons or foreigners.

If a person receives such a phone call, the police appeals to the public to somehow contact the victim over the phone and reveal the truth.