Fake policemen steal a motorbike in PJ, as security guard films it.

Whether it’s through scams, schemes, or online business workshops, there are millions of ways people will use to try and get their hands on your hard-earned moolah. But just when we thought we saw it all, we came across this post that was being shared around Facebook, about this guy who got his motorbike stolen… by the “PDRM”.

Here’s how it all transpired…

Point 1: It all started when the “police” showed up to haul the bike away.

In his post, the guy states that on the 16th of March (two days ago) at around 4.30 pm, a lorry pulled up to his housing area in Damansara Damai. The 2 men in the lorry then approach the security guard in charge and inform him that they were “the police”, and that they needed to haul away this guy’s motorbike to bring to the balai.

Now, the guy affirms that the motorbike was completely in his name, and that he was up-to-date with all his payments, so there would really be no reason for the authorities to take it away. However, the guard was apparently convinced enough by the 2 men’s claims and decided to let the lorry come in and take the bike away, and the poor chap came home to find his beloved motorbike GONE.

But here’s the kicker…

The Security Guard got the whole thing on camera.

Yup. While the entire incident was unfolding, the security guard who let them in actually stood there and recorded all of it. We aren’t sure if he was recording it because he felt that it was kinda sus, or maybe he was just recording it to post on his socials?

We won’t make any assumptions about why he was recording it, but it was a good thing that he did. Here’s the actual video footage of these guys taking the bike away and hauling it into their lorry:

Notice anything… interesting about the video? It seems like these “policemen” weren’t even wearing their uniform, nor did they have any sort of visible identification on them. In fact, they just look like two ordinary dudes who randomly decided to try their luck that day, and somehow struck metal when the guard actually believed their incredible lie.

NGL, this is probably the most elaborate heist we’ve seen since the final season of Money Heist came out. #bellaciao

Fortunately though, they managed to find the motorbike a day later.

Fortunately though, this story has a happy ending. About 30 hours after the incident occurred, the guy was finally reunited with his cherished motorbike (minus a few parts) with the help of the REAL police. And though this must have been quite a harrowing experience for him, we can’t help but feel a little bit amused by the brazen-ness of the entire situation. Who knew that something like this could actually work?

But in the security guard’s defense, plainclothes police officers are a thing, especially in Malaysia. And even though “fake police” scams and crimes are pretty popular here, it’s become harder and harder to discern between the real plainclothes police officers from the fake ones. Especially with cases like that lady who had plainclothes police officers knocking on her door at midnight and the family that got charged for “not cooperating” when a group of parang-wielding plainclothes policemen showed up at their door.

And so, the only way that you can stay vigilant while making sure you’re not “obstructing justice” is to know your rights. Ask for their identification first before you cooperate, and if they refuse, you’re not obligated to comply. Our friends over at AskLegal have covered this topic extensively, so you can check out their article on it here.