IPOH: A government retiree lost RM186,450 after being duped by a phone scam last Thursday (Aug 24), Taiping district police chief ACP Razlam Ab Hamid said.
The man, 42, lodged a police report about the matter at around 6.24 pm yesterday, stating he had received a phone call from the number 012-2334005 from an unknown male claiming to be an officer from the Kuala Lumpur post office.
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