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Retiree loses RM88,000 in phone scam

KUALA TERENGGANU: A government pensioner's Tabung Haji money and his wife's savings totalling RM88,000 disappeared after being duped by a 'phone scam' syndicate.

Kuala Terengganu district police chief ACP Azli Mohd Noor said on Dec 2, the 75-year-old male victim was contacted by a suspect posing as a police officer from the Petaling Jaya district police headquarters. 

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