Loh (centre) holding up the smartphone to play the recording of a conversation between Ho (left) and a scammer at a press conference at Wisma MCA Perak in Ipoh. With them is bureau deputy chief Wong Kia Tung (right).
A SALES assistant remained calm as he toyed with a scammer for about 15 minutes while recording the conversation before having the phone slammed down on him.
Wanting to be known as Ho, the 37-year-old said the scammer called on Oct 15 about an outstanding credit card debt incurred from a shopping spree in a Kuala Lumpur shopping centre on Aug 21.
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