Teacher duped of RM250,000 by fake cybersecurity officer


JOHOR BARU: A teacher who received a call while in school panicked when the caller, who identified himself as a “cybersecurity officer”, alleged that she was in trouble for being involved in drug and money-laundering activities involving a total of RM250,000.

The teacher, in her 50s, was then constantly harassed by calls from men who claimed to be policemen and even a lawyer for over a month before she caved in to pressure and handed them RM120,000.

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