Kedah commercial crime investigation department chief Elias Omar said the 46-year-old from Kulim received a phone call last October from one “Sabrina” from an insurance company asking the victim to make a payment towards an RM70,000 policy.

“The victim who denied purchasing the insurance policy was then asked to lodge a police report and her line was redirected to the ‘Pudu police station’. The victim then spoke to three individuals, who said they were ‘Sergeant Adam’, ‘Inspector Mazlan’ and ‘Inspector Yong’.

“The three told the manager that an arrest warrant had been issued against her for involvement in money laundering and murder cases,” Elias said in a statement today.

He said the victim was then contacted by “Deputy Public Prosecutor Puan Mastura”, who told the woman that she had suspended the arrest warrant but she had to cooperate with police and report her daily activities.

“Investigations found that the victim admitted to disclosing her bank account and credit card information and the amount of money she had in the accounts, including the Tabung Haji account of about RM1 million.

“The suspects then instructed the victim to make a transfer of RM900,000 from the Tabung Haji account to her Bank Islam account and RM200,000 to her Bank Rakyat account.

“The victim only realised she had been deceived when she checked the two accounts on April 11 and found that more than RM1.2 million had been transferred to third parties,” he said.

Elias said the manager lodged a report at the Lunas police station in Kulim yesterday.

“The public is advised not to believe any call professing to be from any government department or financial institution.

“Before making any payment, check the account status on the website http://ccid.rmp.gov.my/semakmule or contact the CCID response centre at 03-2610-1559/1599.”