A persistent SMS scam has been targeting Malaysians, with fake messages that appear to come from major banks like Hong Leong and Maybank. These fraudulent texts warn recipients that their credit/debit cards have been used to purchase gold or jewelry via Tomei's ecommerce platform eTomei.
Tomei is a leading Malaysian jewelry brand, renowned for its high-quality gold, diamond, and gemstone pieces since 1968. With numerous outlets across Malaysia, it offers a wide range of designs blending traditional craftsmanship with modern styles.
Tomei’s team is aware of this scam and has posted warnings on their website and social media.
Unfortunately, this scam has successfully tricked several victims into losing money.
This scam can be copy and pasted to use other jewelers like Poh Kong, Habib, Lazo and Wah Chan, therefore do be aware of this scam tactic.
Known numbers used by the scammers :
016-3247140
03-64198764