Senior citizen loses RM177,700 to scammer


IPOH: A 72-year-old man was cheated out of RM177,700 after a scammer called him to say that his bank account had been used for money laundering.

“He received a call from a stranger who claimed to be from the Digital and Communications Ministry on June 12.”

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