KOTA KINABALU: A septuagenarian doctor lost RM252,000 after a man called and alleged that she was involved in money laundering.
It is understood that the the woman, in her 70s, who works at a hospital here performed two transactions to two different accounts after she received the call on Oct 1.
District police chief Assistant Commissioner Habibi Majinji said that they received the report from the victim yesterday.
“The victim had transferred RM52,000 and RM200,000 as requested by the man,” he said, when contacted.
Habibi added the victim then panicked and while doing the transactions to both accounts, only then she realised that she was being scammed.
The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating and police are still identifying owners of those accounts.
He also advised the public to be careful when receiving any calls from unknown persons requesting to transfer money.