Besut: A woman lost RM62,000 after being duped by a phone scam syndicate posing as a police officer yesterday afternoon. Besut district police chief Supt Azamuddin Ahmad @ Abu stated that the 19-year-old unemployed woman answered a phone call belonging to her father from an individual who introduced himself as a representative from Touch 'n Go headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, 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 the victim spoke to a person posing as a police officer. The victim was further alarmed when she was informed that a bank account had been opened in her father's name and was involved in a money laundering and drug case.

Azamuddin explained that the suspect asked the victim to pay RM60,000 to clear her father's name. In fear, the victim sold jewellery belonging to her mother, a retired teacher, to gather the required funds as instructed. The case is currently being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code.