JOHOR BARU: A 64-year-old woman lost over RM200,000 of her life savings after falling prey to a phone scam here.
Johor Baru North OCPD Asst Comm Balveer Singh said the police received a report from the woman at about 1.31pm on Wednesday (Sept 11).
“In July last year, the victim received a call from an unknown individual, claiming to be an officer from the Communications Ministry, who alleged that she was involved in a cyber crime case.
“She denied the allegations. She later received calls from two other individuals who claimed to be police officers,” he said in a statement here on Thursday (Sept 12).
He said that the scammers, who claimed to be police inspectors, told the victim that she was involved in a money laundering case.
“She was told to give her bank account details as part of the investigation, which she abided,” he said.
Upon checking her account on Sept 6, the woman found out that 12 transactions involving RM206,900 were made on her bank account between Sept 14 and Nov 14, last year.
“The transactions were made to six different bank accounts,” he said, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
