Pahang police chief Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the 45-year-old officer received a phone call from a man who introduced himself as an insurance officer in November last year.

The officer was told she had made three false claims and that police were conducting investigations.

She was then contacted by another person claiming to be a police officer who accused her of being involved in money laundering and corruption.

The woman was required to pay bail of RM400,000 and give details of her bank accounts for investigation purposes.

Ramli said the victim only realised she had been cheated after finding out that 33 transactions were made from her banking account.

She lodged a police report at the Temerloh district police headquarters last Thursday.

In a separate case, Ramli said a 37-year-old woman from Maran lost RM165,090 after giving her personal bank information to a third party on Jan 13.

He said the victim was contacted by a person claiming to be a courier company worker who said she had received a parcel containing prohibited items.

“A ‘police officer’ then contacted her and claimed that the victim’s name had been used to open a bank account that was involved in a money laundering case.

“Afraid that she would be arrested, the victim followed the instructions given by the suspect who gave her a link to fill in her banking details,” he said.