Man, 73, loses RM158,000 to phone scam


IPOH: A senior citizen lost RM158,000 after being duped by a phone scam syndicate.

Ipoh police chief ACP Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said the 73-year-old male victim claimed to have received a call from an insurance company to inform him that he had arrears, after which the call was transferred to a man claiming to be a police officer from the Petaling Jaya District Police Headquarters.

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