Contractor loses over half a million ringgit in 'Datuk Seri' title scam


KUANTAN: A contractor has claimed he lost RM571,000 since mid-February after being duped by a caller that the money would get him the honorific title of "Datuk Seri".

Pahang police chief Datuk Yahaya Othman said the victim, aged 63, alleged he was contacted by the suspect who identified himself as the “Datuk Pengelola Bijaya Istana Pahang” (Comptroller of the Royal Household for the Sultan of Pahang) and offered him the title.

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