IPOH: A 62-year-old woman from Taman Wah Keong here has lost about RM1.4mil after falling victim to a phone scam.
Perak police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusof Hassan Basri said the retiree had received the call from a scammer who claimed to be from a courier service company on March 27, 2020.
"The victim called the number given and was accused by the 'police officers' of being involved with money laundering and drugs," he said in a statement on Wednesday .
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