A civil servant lost RM150,600 after falling victim to a phone scam syndicate impersonating courier service personnel and a police officer.

Johor Bahru Utara district police chief Balveer Singh Mahindar Singh stated that the 46-year-old woman received a phone call from an individual posing as a courier service personnel, claiming to have a package containing her personal belongings last Friday.

He said the call was then transferred to a “police officer”...