BALIK PULAU: A former bank officer here lost more than RM160,000 after he was duped into believing that he was involved in money-laundering activities.
Balik Pulau OCPD Supt A.Anbalagan said the 65-year-old retiree received a call allegedly from"PosLaju" on June 4 at about 8am and was told that there was a package waiting for him at the post office.
"The victim spoke to a man claiming to be a police officer who informed him that he was involved in a money-laundering case," he said in a statement Friday . "The call then was connected to another police officer 'ASP Yong' who instructed the victim to reveal his CIMB bank details so that investigations could be conducted on the money in the victim's bank account," he said.After that, the victim realised that a total of RM9999.50 of his money in the bank account had been deducted and transferred to a Maybank account number.
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