Nurse loses RM198,000 in Macau scam
A woman in Pahang has filed a report with police after she was tricked into parting with nearly RM200,000 in cash. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, December 30, 2022.Pahang police chief Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the 36-year-old woman alleging she received a phone call on December 13 from an individual claiming to be from a delivery company.
The caller then connected the call to a supposed police officer, who informed her that she was wanted for firearms and drug trafficking. “Subsequently, she claimed to have been asked by the police officer to apply for a personal loan and she was given a link to fill her information. “However, when the loan was approved, the money was transferred to the suspect’s account without the victim’s knowledge,” he said in a statement today.
He said the woman lodged a police report at Kuantan district police headquarters yesterday after realising that she had been duped. – Bernama, December 30, 2022.
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