According to Kota Marudu police chief Zairolnizal Ishak, the victim was told by the “LHDN officer”, who called her at 1.50pm yesterday, that her name and MyKad had been used by a company with tax arrears of up to 15 months amounting to RM228,000.

Her call was then transferred to the “Melaka district police headquarters” where another person claimed that the victim was involved in money laundering and drug smuggling activities.

“The victim provided her bank account details after the ‘police officer’ told her to do so for the purpose of identifying whether she was involved in money laundering,” Zairolnizal told FMT when contacted today.

The doctor realised she had been a victim of a scam after discovering that RM63,950 was missing from her bank accounts later in the evening and lodged a police report.