GEORGE TOWN: A 65-year-old retiree from a factory in Bayan Lepas lost RM696,513.50 after she fell victim to a phone scam recently.
Penang police chief Datuk Hamzah Ahmad said the 65-year-old woman lodged a police report at the Commercial Crime Investigation Division of the Timur Laut district police headquarters yesterday after realising she had been deceived by the syndicate.
