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The incident began on Dec 23 last year when the woman received a call from a suspect claiming to be a Bukit Aman officer, who alleged that her phone number had been used in a scam.
KUCHING (Feb 10): A 47-year-old woman here has lost more than RM1.5 million after falling victim to a phone scam involving individuals posing as police officers.
Kuching district police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu said the incident began on Dec 23 last year when the woman received a call from a suspect claiming to be a Bukit Aman officer, who alleged that her phone number had been used in a scam.
She was later connected to another individual posing as an officer from the Kajang district police headquarters, who told her she was allegedly involved in a money-laundering case.
“After that, she contacted several more suspects claiming to be ‘police officers’ and those from the court, and that the suspects convinced her that her name was involved in the alleged crime,” Alexson said in a statement.
Following their instructions, the woman made 18 fund transfers to seven different bank accounts, totalling RM1,547,727.
She only realised she had been deceived after all WhatsApp messages from the suspects were deleted.
The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code.
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