KUANTAN: A nurse suffered a loss of RM144,000 after falling victim to a telephone scam syndicate.
Pahang Police Chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said the 39-year-old woman claimed to receive a call from an individual claiming to be a police officer on Jan 18.
He said the suspect informed the victim that she was involved in money laundering activities, but the woman denied the allegations.
“The suspect then instructed her to file a police report, to confess to the crime and threatened that she would be arrested. She was also ordered to transfer some money to facilitate the investigation,
“Thus, the victim made money transfers from her savings account and also a personal loan amounting to RM144,000 into three accounts,” he said in a statement on Wednesday (March 26).
However, the woman became suspicious when the money was not returned and, believing that she had been scammed, lodged a report at the Kuantan district police headquarters on Tuesday (March 25).
The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code.
-Bernama
-TheStar