Educator loses RM81,133 after bogus inspector instructed her to download app


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 27 Jan 2021

An assistant teacher lost RM81,133 in a scam where an impostor claimed she was involved in a money laundering case. — fotoBERNAMA

An assistant teacher has been cheated of RM81,133 by an impostor who asked her to download an application on her handphone, purportedly to facilitate investigation into a money laundering case.

Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said that on Sunday, the 35-year-old victim received a call from a woman, supposedly from the Inland Revenue Board (IRB), saying she had tax arrears of more than one year.

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