<figure id="attachment_3074951" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3074951" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3074951 size-full" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/a1bbd6b9-azli-mohd-noor-bernama-020625-1.webp" alt="Azli Mohd Noor" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3074951" class="wp-caption-text">Kuala Terengganu district police chief Azli Noor said the victim was told to transfer all his money into a new bank account and later found it had all been withdrawn in stages. (Bernama pic)</figcaption></figure>
KUALA TERENGGANU: A 73-year-old man lost RM431,742 after falling victim to a phone scam syndicate.
Kuala Terengganu district police chief Azli Noor said the victim, who is visually impaired, received a phone call on June 24 from a scammer claiming to be an insurance company representative.
He said the scammer accused the victim of having made a false health insurance claim, and warned him that he would face legal action.
&#8220;The victim denied the accusation and the call was then transferred to another man posing as a police officer.
&#8220;Apart from the false insurance claim, the victim was accused of being involved in money laundering activities,&#8221; he said in a statement today.
&#8220;The scammer posing as the police officer then instructed the victim to open a new bank account for investigation purposes and he was told not to use the account.&#8221;
Fearing that he would land in jail, the victim transferred all the money from his and his wife&#8217;s savings accounts into the new bank account.
On Sept 25, the victim mentioned the incident to his son, who immediately checked the new account.
&#8220;He found that a total of RM431,742 had been transferred in stages from July 6 to Aug 14 from the new account to an unidentified account.
&#8220;The victim lodged a police report yesterday.” he said.

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