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A FEMALE teacher was duped of RM140,000 (S$56,800) after befriending a foreigner on Facebook, reported Kosmo!
The 36-year-old teacher from Malacca met the man who introduced himself as James, 28, on the social networking site. He claimed to be from Washington in the United States.
After three months of correspondence, James "sent" the teacher a gift of a pair of shoes through the mail, after which the woman received a call from a mailing company "representative" who told her that the package was held up.
Eager to receive the gift, the teacher banked in RM20,000 to the "company" account over several transactions for "taxes" imposed on the gift.
The victim was then introduced to Charles, the mailing company's "director", who persuaded her to invest in a black money scam.
The teacher took out a RM90,000 bank loan for the "investment" and borrowed RM30,000 from family and friends.
After a string of broken promises from James and Charles, the teacher realised that she had been duped and appealed to the police for help.
Police apprehended James, who turned out to be Nigerian, along with another countryman and a local woman in Kajang.
The teacher's money, however, could not be recovered as it had been transferred out of the country.
The 36-year-old teacher from Malacca met the man who introduced himself as James, 28, on the social networking site. He claimed to be from Washington in the United States.
After three months of correspondence, James "sent" the teacher a gift of a pair of shoes through the mail, after which the woman received a call from a mailing company "representative" who told her that the package was held up.
Eager to receive the gift, the teacher banked in RM20,000 to the "company" account over several transactions for "taxes" imposed on the gift.
The victim was then introduced to Charles, the mailing company's "director", who persuaded her to invest in a black money scam.
The teacher took out a RM90,000 bank loan for the "investment" and borrowed RM30,000 from family and friends.
After a string of broken promises from James and Charles, the teacher realised that she had been duped and appealed to the police for help.
Police apprehended James, who turned out to be Nigerian, along with another countryman and a local woman in Kajang.
The teacher's money, however, could not be recovered as it had been transferred out of the country.