Used item seller loses RM15,000 in phone scam


KUALA LUMPUR: Scammers ran off with RM15,000 after duping a victim into believing that they had been donating to a welfare fund.

Kuala Lumpur Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Asst Comm Mohd Mahidisham Ishak, in a statement Sunday (Oct 17), said that the scammer called the victim, a used item seller, claiming to be a government officer.

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