Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the woman, previously with a transport company, claimed that she received a call from a “Insp Yong” from Kuala Lumpur on Monday saying a court order had been issued against her.

“The man then passed the call to two so-called colleagues who told her she could be jailed for the offences.

“When the call was put back to ‘Insp Yong’, he ordered the woman to transfer her savings to another account, purportedly for investigation by Bank Negara Malaysia, saying that the money would be returned in one week,” Wazir told reporters here today.

He said the woman made several cash transfers to the account and only realised that she had been cheated when she related the story to her son yesterday.

The woman lodged a report at the Temerloh district police headquarters.