KUANTAN: A nurse lost RM144,000 after being duped by a phone scam syndicate.
Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said the 39-year-old woman received a call from someone claiming to be a police officer on Jan 18.
He said the caller informed her that she was involved in money laundering activities.
However, the nurse denied doing so.
“The suspect then instructed her to file a police report, to confess to the crime and threatened that she would be arrested. She was also ordered to transfer money to facilitate the investigation.
“The victim made money transfers from her savings account and also a personal loan amounting to RM144,000 into three given accounts,” he said in a statement yesterday, Bernama reported.
However, the woman became suspicious when the money was not returned.
She lodged a report at the Kuantan district police headquarters on Tuesday.
