Phone scam leaves Taiping victim nearly penniless


IPOH: A former civil servant in Taiping lost about RM216,200 after falling victim to a phone scam.

Taiping OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Nasir Ismail said the victim, 66, had on Feb 16 received a phone call from an unknown woman who identified herself to be from the court.

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