Retiree loses close to RM700,000 to credit card phone scam

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.

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