Car theft syndicates are employing sexy women to get amorous businessmen to part with their luxury vehicles, reported Harian Metro.

During the past six months, about 10 businessmen have lost their cars after being seduced by these women, who persuaded the victims to lend them expensive cars. The women would then deliver the cars to the syndicates, the daily reported.

The crime usually went unreported by the victim, for fear of affecting his image or family life, making it the perfect crime for the syndicate.

However, this ploy was revealed when one of the victims, businessman Ramli Che Mat, 36, reported his car stolen after he lent it to a friend.

Ramli said he lent his Toyota Caldina to his friend in January with the intention of selling it to him.

“Without telling me, he let his ‘girlfriend’ use it,” he said.

Ramli was alerted when the bank called to inform him about missing the hire-purchase payment for two months.

He immediately asked his friend about the car and they both visited the woman at her Setapak home. She claimed the bank had repossessed the car.

However, a call to the bank revealed there was no order for the vehicle to be repossessed, said Ramli.

He and his friend then went to confront the woman again but found that she had disappeared. She did not answer her mobile phone either.

“However, she did send an SMS that sounded like a challenge to us to lodge a police report,” he said.

Subang Jaya police chief ACP Zainal Rashid Abu Bakar confirmed that a report had been lodged on the matter.