Published on: Thursday, February 18, 2021
By: The Star
All gone: Ng speaking at the press conference organised by Wong.
IPOH: This Chinese New Year has been a bitter one for 80-year-old Ng Kam Moi after she was cheated out of her life savings of RM77,000.
Ng, a former government hospital attendant who lives in Tanjung Rambutan, said she was told to withdraw her fixed deposit by a man in his 30s so that she could open another bank account offering higher interest rates. The Feb 9 incident has caused Ng to lose sleep and appetite.
Relating her ordeal, Ng – who is blind in one eye and has blurry vision in the other eye – said it all started on Feb 3 when her former water filter agent introduced her to a man to get a new set of filter.
Ng Kam Moi, 80, relating her story during a press conference by Kat Wong (right).
IPOH: A senior citizen was cheated of her life savings just days before Chinese New Year after being convinced to withdraw the money from her fixed deposit for the promise of higher returns through a new bank account.
Ng Kam Moi, 80, lost RM77,000 on Feb 9 after fallling prey to a friendly acquaintance .
The former government hospital attendant, from Tanjung Rambutan, said it all started on Feb 3, when her former water filter agent introduced her to a man in his 30s to get a new set of filters.
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