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78-year-old loses RM1.9 million in phone scam by fake police officers

From Utusan Malaysia · () Malay

Translated from Malay and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A 78-year-old man in Ipoh lost RM1.9 million in a phone scam involving people posing as police officers.
  • Perak police chief Mohd. Alwi Zainal Abidin said police received a report about the incident two days earlier.

A 78-year-old man has lost RM1.9 million after being deceived by a phone-scam syndicate posing as police officers.

Perak police chief Datuk Mohd. Alwi Zainal Abidin said police received a report about the incident two days earlier. The scam began when the victim received a call from someone impersonating a police officer before being deceived.

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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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