QuickCheck: Did two women fall victim to a phone scam in Miri?

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QuickCheck: Did two women fall victim to a phone scam in Miri?
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It's the same old story – people falling victim to fraudsters claiming to be an official of some sort and claiming they can 'absolve' them of any wrongdoing if they do exactly as told. Is it true two women in Miri fell for a phone scam? Find out below.

IT'S the same old story – people falling victim to fraudsters claiming to be an official of some sort and claiming they can"absolve" them of any wrongdoing if they do exactly as told.

The woman said she had received a call from someone saying they were from the Health Ministry on April 17, claiming that she was involved in spreading fake news on Covid-19. In the second case, a 59-year-old woman received a call saying there were some suspicious transactions in her bank account on June 15.

She later realised she had been cheated when 15 transactions totalling RM149,892 were transferred out from her account.

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