MIRI, July 16 -- A 43-year-old woman lost RM1,389,132 after falling victim to an elaborate scam that began with an online cake advertisement on social media.

Miri police chief ACP Mohd Farhan Lee Abdullah said the Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) received a report on Wednesday on unauthorised withdrawals from the victim's company bank accounts.

The victim shared that after browsing the menu, she had clicked on a link provided in the advertisement to place an order.

This caused her mobile phone screen to go blank and become unusable.

After checking with the bank at around 10am on Wednesday, she discovered that 19 unauthorised fund transfers had been made from two of her company bank accounts to 15 different bank account...