Medical officer loses over RM84,000 to scammers


  • Nation
  • Monday, 28 Oct 2019

JOHOR BARU: A 35-year-old medical officer was duped after receiving a phone call from a fake courier service and lost about RM84,812 from her bank account after sharing her personal details.

Johor Baru (South) OCPD Asst Comm Shahurinain Jais said the scammers had called the victim and informed her about finding a parcel heading to Shanghai, China that contained her ATM cards, claiming that the cards had been used in a money laundering activities.

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