KUANTAN, Dec 30 — A nurse lost RM198,000 which she borrowed from a bank to a Macau scam syndicate.
Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the 36-year-old woman claimed she received a phone call from an individual claiming to be from a delivery company last December 13.
The caller then connected the call to a police officer who informed her that she was wanted for firearms and drug trafficking syndicate.
"Subsequently, she claimed to have been asked by the police officer to apply for a personal loan and she was given a link to fill in her information.
"However, when the loan was approved, the money was transferred to the suspect's account without the victim's knowledge," he said in a statement today.
Ramli said the woman lodged a police report at the Kuantan district police headquarters yesterday after realising that she had been duped.
— Bernama
