19-year-old loses RM62,000 to phone scam


JERTIH: A 19-year-old lost RM62,000 after being duped by a phone scam syndicate on Thursday (June 26).

Besut district police chief Supt Azamuddin Ahmad @ Abu said the unemployed teenager answered a phone call from an individual who introduced himself as a representative from Touch ‘n Go headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

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