JOHOR BARU: A 41-year-old lecturer was duped of RM1.3mil after being misled by a call from a scammer who claimed to be a police officer.
The woman, who works at a public university, received a call in October last year from someone who introduced himself as a Health Ministry official and accused her of being involved in a fake Covid-19 report in Sabah, said Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat.
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