Teacher loses RM60k in April Fool's Day phone scam


SIBU: A teacher was fleeced of RM60,000 on April Fool's Day by a scammer after he was led into believing that his Internet line had been used for illegal activities.

Sibu OCPD, Asst Comm Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said at about 11.2am on April 1, the 45-year-old complainant was at his home in Jalan Ulu Sungai Merah when a man called him up.

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