IPOH, Aug 14 — A woman lecturer lost half a million ringgit after she was panicked by a fraud syndicate over the phone and finally hung up — after RM537,659.89 was siphoned to...
IPOH, Aug 14 — A woman lecturer lost half a million ringgit after she was panicked by a fraud syndicate over the phone and finally hung up — after RM537,659.89 was siphoned to be exact.
“The caller stated that the victim had two parcels in her name containing five identity cards, five passports and five bank cards belonging to other people, before being connected to what was said to be the Perak and Bukit Aman contingent police headquarters with the intention to convince the victim,” he said today.
“The panic-stricken woman followed the suspect’s instructions by transferring her money amounting to RM537,659 to the accounts given by the syndicate from August 3 to August 12 through 25 transactions,” he said.
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