IPOH: Within an hour, 70-year-old retiree K. H. Neoh lost RM22,700 from his personal savings account as well as from his credit card’s cash advance.
He said he received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number at around lunchtime on April 13 asking for the OTP (one-time-password) accidentally sent to his number.
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