GEORGE TOWN: Three women in Penang suffered a loss of nearly RM1.7mil after falling prey to scammers who accused them of being involved in money laundering activities.
said the first victim, a clerk living in Bukit Mertajam, lodged a police report on Dec 19 claiming that she had been scammed out of RM1,026,200 since July.
"Panicked and scared that she would be detained by the police, the victim followed the suspects’ instructions to transfer her husband’s insurance money and savings to 13 separate accounts," he said at a press conference here on Thursday . Another teacher from Seberang Perai Utara also made a police report on Dec 23 after losing RM439,000 to scammers, he added.
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