Retiree loses RM100K in life savings to scammers posing as policemen


PETALING JAYA: A retiree lost his life savings when he gave RM100,000 to "policemen" as bail for his son who had apparently been arrested for drug offences.

The 60-year-old man from Seapark received a phone call from his son's telephone number and was surprised to find a man with a different voice on the other end.

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