Hong Kong woman arrested at bank while waiting for elderly phone scam victim to withdraw HK$4.4mil

Scammers fleece victim out of HK$2mil but suspicious bank teller foils second attempt to get even more money. Unemployed suspect, 28, claims she is also a phone scam victim. — SCMP

A Hong Kong woman, accused of helping phone scammers to trick a 76-year-old retiree out of HK$2mil (RM1.13mil), was arrested when she escorted the victim to a bank to withdraw another HK$4.4mil (RM2.49mil) four days later, police said on Dec 7.

The HK$4.4mil (RM2.49mil) scam attempt was foiled on Monday afternoon when a suspicious teller at a Jordan bank asked the victim why he needed to withdraw such a large amount of cash.