Woman loses RM60,000 to ‘clear dad's name' scam
JERTIH: A woman lost RM60,000 after being tricked by a scammer posing as a police officer.
Besut district police chief Supt Azamuddin Ahmad @ Abu said the 19-year-old unemployed woman answered a phone call asking for her father on Thursday from an individual who introduced himself as a representative from the Touch 'n Go headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
'The individual claimed that the victim's father had a RM25,000 summons related to a Touch 'n Go account. The call was then supposedly connected to the Perak police contingent headquarters, where she spoke to a police officer.
'The victim was further shocked when he told her that a bank account opened in her father's name was involved in a money laundering and drug case,' he said yesterday.
In a Bernama report, Supt Azamuddin said the suspect asked the victim to pay RM60,000 if she wants to clear her father's name.
As she was afraid, she sold her retired mother's jewellery to raise money.
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