A p-hailing driver says he was shocked to see his face on news reports implicating him in a scam involving the sale of a luxury Rolex watch.
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00:00A pee-hailing driver was shocked to see his face in news reports about a luxury watch
00:06scam after unknowingly becoming entangled in the fraud.
00:10The 37-year-old, who wished to be known only as Sean, claimed he was merely fulfilling
00:16a delivery request through a pee-hailing platform when he was drawn into the scheme.
00:22At a press conference organized by the MCA Public Services and Complaints Department
00:26on Friday, Sean recounted how he had accepted a request at 7.45pm on March 3 from a customer
00:33named Raymond.
00:34The task was to collect a Rolex watch from a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur and deliver
00:39it to the Serembantu Township.
00:41According to Sean, Raymond instructed him to tell the seller, a woman, that he was an
00:47employee of Raymond rather than a pee-hailing driver.
00:50Before I went to pick up the watch, Raymond told me not to tell anyone that I was an employee
00:55of Raymond because he wouldn't give me the watch.
00:57Raymond told me to pick up the watch and take a picture of it and then he would do the rest.
01:08Sean followed the instructions and picked up the package from the woman at around 8pm.
01:13He then delivered it to a man in Serembantu at 9.28pm.
01:17I called Raymond and told him that someone was coming to pick up the package.
01:23He told me that it was an Indian.
01:24He then called the man and told him to get out of the car.
01:27I waited for him to get out of the car and Raymond told me to pick up the package.
01:31Although Sean took a photo of the recipient as proof of delivery, Raymond later instructed
01:36him to delete it.
01:37He was paid RM150 for the job, unaware that he had played a role in a scam.
01:43A day earlier, at a separate press conference also held by the department, 31-year-old
01:49Lee revealed she had been scammed in the sale of a limited edition Rolex Daytona watch worth
01:55RM203,000.
01:57Lee had arranged to meet Raymond for the transaction, but he claimed to be busy and said his employee
02:03would pick up the watch on his behalf.
02:06She later received two bank slips via WhatsApp and upon checking, the amount appeared in
02:11her account balance.
02:12Believing the transaction was complete, she handed the watch over to Sean.
02:17However, the cheques later bounced and she was unable to contact Raymond.
02:22Lee subsequently lodged a police report and held a press conference with MCA Public Services
02:27and Complaints Department Head Datuk Seri Michael Chong.
02:31Chong confirmed that Sean had also provided his statement to the police as investigations
02:36continue.
02:42For more information, visit www.fema.gov