Woman jailed over mobile phone scam

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KOTA KINABALU: A woman who cheated another woman into buying mobile phones online received a total of three years’ jail.

Magistrate Mohd Faiz Omar meted out the sentence after Dg Julaiha Ag Jamaludin pleaded guilty to three charges yesterday.

Faiz sentenced Julaiha to one year’s jail for the first charge of convincing Nor Azlin Raimin to bank RM350 into her (Julaiha’s) account on April 5 at a Maybank branch in Putatan.

The magistrate meted out another year’s jail on Julaiha for deceiving the same victim into transferring RM150 into the same bank account on the same day.

For the third charge, Faiz sentenced Julaiha to one more year in prison for asking Nor Azlin to bank RM500 into the same account on April 6.

All three offences under Section 420 of the Penal Code provide for a maximum jail term of 10 years with whipping and a fine, upon conviction.

However, Faiz allowed Julaiha to serve her sentence concurrently, which means she would only serve one year in jail.

Earlier, in mitigating for a lenient sentence, Dg Julaiha prayed for the court to consider her three children, one of whom is undergoing medical treatment.

In reply, prosecuting officer Inspector Jakariya Jupakkal asked for an appropriate sentence, taking into consideration public interest and the facts of the case.

On April 4, Nor Azlin became acquainted with Julaiha over Facebook, where Julaiha used her account (‘Ijue’s D’ Perfume’) to sell to Nor Azlin a variety of mobile phones that had allegedly been confiscated by Customs.

Nor Azlin was interested in buying eight mobile phones, including six Samsung Galaxy phones and two iPhones.

After payment was made, Julaiha told Nor Azlin that she would post the items, and gave Nor Azlin her tracking number (EF116976665MY) the following day.

However, Nor Azlin never received her parcel.

After checking with the Post Office, Nor Azlin discovered that she had been given a fake tracking number.