Young and old fall prey to scammers, losing over RM500,000

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JOHOR BARU: A retiree and a university student were cheated of over half a million ringgit by scammers.Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said an 85-year-old lost more than RM500,000 after falling victim to a Macau scam.

In May, the victim first received a call from a “police officer” who told him that his bank account was being investigated for money laundering.“The victim then gave his bank information and ATM card details to the suspect,” Comm Kamarul Zaman said in a statement yesterday.

“The victim only knew about it when he checked his bank account and found that the amount had disappeared on Wednesday,” he said, adding that he lodged a police report the next day.

 

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