Clerk loses over half a million ringgit in phone scam


  • Nation
  • Monday, 27 May 2019

TANAH MERAH (Bernama): A female clerk was cheated of RM534,000 by a Macau Scam syndicate after being duped by a phone call that claimed she owed the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) in tax arrears.

Kelantan Commercial Crime Investigation Division chief Supt Ahmad Azizul Mohamed said the 40-year-old victim received a phone call from a woman in April, claiming that the victim owed the IRB, RM24,000 in tax arrears.

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