A retired teacher suffered losses of over half-a-million ringgit after she entertained a telephone call said to be from an 'insurance company'.

Perak police chief Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said the 59-year-old woman was initially told that she had an insurance claim from a private hospital before the call was connected to a 'police officer' to investigate the source of funds available in her account.

“The woman was asked to transfer the entire amount into one of her accounts for the purpose of investigating...