The answering of unknown numbers

Zoom call that duped her. Even with advances in AI there could be red flags right? Unless she doesn't know the CEO at all and have never spoken to him

She never bothered to check the payee details for any red flags?

Plus the fact she has the personal number of the person who allegedly instructed her why not immediately contact him

I don't blame maybank, I would smell a rat in this story as well

Ignoring the uncanny valley effect mannerisms hard to fake. Especially if they have a working relationship for some time. You speak to your co worker you know for some time way different from a person you deal with formally for a few times

A simple how the kids doing can kantoi a scammer.

But then again the scammer might have started the call by saying sorry I'm in quite a rush so here is the gist of it. Any issues? None OK pls approve while I head off to my next meeting

But serious why never mesaged him ASAP on his personal number kek

This article appears to be widely shared on LI and is a distilled summary of the weekend edge article

Thinking to buy a copy to read this later.

Could be more to this story

I read like a boomer liao. Paper far away but not too far

Also I asked my wife about this. She says this CFO is known professionally for being a strict no nonsense rafidah aziz type. Which makes it shocking also that she could fall for this or heck even orchestrate this

Note. She doesn't know her personally only professionally (her reputation that is) as banks are a major client for tax advisory services kek

This post has been edited by 9m2w: Apr 27 2025, 05:27 PM

Plot twist ceo orchestrated this shit? Hahha

Later gonna buy the hard copy liao

Second plot twist. The ktard that knows him supplied the spoofed numbers to call

Ok this is ironic...... Kek

Kevin mitnick was 90s, don't think many ppl remember him today haha

Maybanks it seems

A payment on behalf of Maybank Singapore first

Finally had time to read the full article

Edge cited her show cause letter and printed her version of events

The original impersonator had indeed claimed to be maybank Singapore ceo but there was a warning flag that should have set her senses off. He actually like a typical beng scammer asked what's Maybank malaysias bank balance??? She replied in the billions

She suspected nothing during the zoom call but line was bad so they continued on whatsapp. The maybank malaysia ceo impersonator actually messaged her from two unknown numbers not one kek

The recent given for using unknown numbers and communicating only via wa was because this deal was supposed to be secret. The payment was to a company called zhuhai trading limited and was part of an acquisition they wanted to keep under wraps. The messages from fake maybank malaysia ceo ultimately convinced her this was legit

The rest of the events played out as reported but maybank show cause letter also cited some interesting things. She never inform her superior or BNM but only the head of the bank fraud dept
She didn't lodge the police report only a manager in the fraud unit.

And the report was inaccurate because it didn't mention the fact that the transaction ultimately failed because jp Morgan held it.. The implication being she either trying to downplay her culpability or the issue entirely by giving the fraud unit and inaccurate account of the events.

Her excuses abit flimsy, she claimed she wanted to inform her boss about six months later during an appraisal meeting that was later delayed. Using of private numbers were common in the industry

So yeah I think maybank within their rights to suspect something fishy

This post has been edited by 9m2w: May 1 2025, 12:53 PM