Perak police chief Azizi Mat Aris said the 65-year-old female victim was at home in Taiping when she received a phone call at 5.14pm on Aug 11 from a woman who introduced herself as an officer from MCMC.

The victim was told that her bank card had been used for money laundering and she was connected to a police sergeant named Rabbani to help resolve the issue.

Azizi said the victim was later contacted by several other people posing as officers “ASP Riduan” and “ASP Saki” from the Terengganu police contingent headquarters.

He said the victim was instructed to open three accounts at various banks for the purpose of transferring money into her own account.

The victim was instructed to leave her Hong Leong Bank, Affin Bank and AmBank automated teller machine (ATM) cards in an envelope on the lawn at a given address so that they could withdraw money from her account.

He said the suspects promised to return the victim’s money after investigations had been completed.

“After that, the victim received withdrawal notification messages from Aug 23 to Sept 11 and found RM1,440,969 had been withdrawn from her accounts.”

Azizi said the victim lodged a police report yesterday after realising she had been cheated.

He advised the public not to be easily fooled by calls from unknown people.