Pahang teacher loses over half a million ringgit to scammers


KUANTAN: A teacher has lost over RM527,000 after being duped by scammers posing as officers from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and the police.

Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said the 51-year-old woman received a call from a person posing as an MCMC officer over "complaints" relating to her phone number before she was connected to another person posing as a police officer, who claimed she was involved in illegal activities.

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