SIBU: A pet shop owner has been cheated of more than RM110,000 after coming across an advertisement selling fruit on social media.

Sibu OCPD Asst Comm Zulkipli Suhaili said the victim has since lodged a police report regarding the incident that occurred on July 6,

He said the victim, a woman in her 40s who is a pet shop owner, was attracted by the advertisement she saw on Facebook on July 5.

He said the victim claimed that she clicked on the link before her mobile phone suddenly turned off by itself.

After restarting the device, she found several transactions had been done on her bank account and credit card.

"The bank confirmed that money from the victim's bank account and credit card had been transferred to a third party account without authorisation," said ACP Zulkipli.

He said nine transactions transferring a total of RM110,747.62 were made to eight different bank accounts.