Dentist talked out of RM22,500 in phone scam


SIBU: A private dentist lodged a report after he lost RM22,500 in a phone scam.

Sibu OCPD, Asst Comm Stanley Jonathan Ringgit, said on April 6 that the 64-year-old victim received a call from a man who identified himself as the representative of a telecommunication company in Pahang.

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