Lecturer takes RM218k in loans before losing RM269,993 to phone scam
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Scammers posing as financial crime investigators and police threatened her with arrest, account freezes and imprisonment
From the original report
A UNIVERSITY lecturer in Kuantan who took out RM217,729 in loans after being threatened with arrest by phone scammers ended up losing RM269,993 in a scheme involving fake financial crime investigators and police officers.
Acting Pahang police chief Datuk Azry Akmar Ayob said the 49-year-old woman lodged a police report yesterday after realising she had been duped.
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- Oct 21, 2026
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- Oct 21, 2026
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