KL Traffic police warn of phone scam


PETALING JAYA: City traffic police are urging the public to be wary of a phone scam that has been making its rounds lately.

Traffic police chief Asst Comm Mohd Nadzri Hussain (pic) said fake calls purportedly made by the (Kuala Lumpur) Traffic Enforcement and Investigation Department would ask recipients to report themselves to the police station over claims of being implicated in a road accident.

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