He’s not the only one to fall victim.
HPD says it’s an investment scheme that’s targeting people to invest in a construction project in Malaysia.
Scammers are pretending to be from a bank in Canada and ask victims to deposit a check, then wire the money.
But local residents end up losing out.
"Uh it’s a nightmare, it’s unbelievable, because the bank closes your accounts immediately," said a scam victim.
"What we want the public to be aware of this because the intermediary or the bank takes tremendous losses in this particular case we are talking over $100,000 lost in less than a month," said Lt. John McCarthy, Honolulu Police Department.
Police advise to be careful who you deal with during financial transactions and to heed the old adage: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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