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Woman, 68, loses over RM250,000 in love scam
NATION
Sunday, 23 Aug 2020
4:51 PM MYT
By YEE XIANG YUN
JOHOR BARU: A 68-year-old woman lost over RM257,000 of her late husband’s savings and borrowed funds after falling prey to an online love scam.
Johor Commercial Crimes Investigation Department chief Asst Comm Mohd Salleh Abdullah said the woman befriended the suspect through Facebook and carried out a “relationship” for about three years.
“The suspect managed to convince the senior citizen he wanted to marry her and claimed he had sent her US$750,000 (RM3.13mil) for her to purchase a car and house, ” he said in a statement on Sunday (Aug 23).
He said the suspect told her the money would be transferred via US money transfer agency and she would have to pay for any taxes and customs clearance fees before the sum could be released to her.
“She was later contacted via WhatsApp by an individual who posed as a money transfer agent based in Kuala Lumpur, asking her to pay taxes and customs charges amounting to RM300,000.
“The woman resorted to using the money from her late husband’s savings and borrowed more from friends to make the payments through several bank transactions, ” he said.
ACP Mohd Salleh said that the woman realised that she was being duped and lodged a police report at the Johor Baru Central police station on Saturday (Aug 22) after the agent continued to ask for more money.
ACP Mohd Salleh urged the public not to fall for such tactics.
“The public should be more alert and they can also check with the police before performing any transactions that seem suspicious or involve large amounts of money, ” he added.
Woman, 68, loses over RM250,000 in love scam
NATION
Sunday, 23 Aug 2020
4:51 PM MYT
By YEE XIANG YUN
JOHOR BARU: A 68-year-old woman lost over RM257,000 of her late husband’s savings and borrowed funds after falling prey to an online love scam.
Johor Commercial Crimes Investigation Department chief Asst Comm Mohd Salleh Abdullah said the woman befriended the suspect through Facebook and carried out a “relationship” for about three years.
“The suspect managed to convince the senior citizen he wanted to marry her and claimed he had sent her US$750,000 (RM3.13mil) for her to purchase a car and house, ” he said in a statement on Sunday (Aug 23).
He said the suspect told her the money would be transferred via US money transfer agency and she would have to pay for any taxes and customs clearance fees before the sum could be released to her.
“She was later contacted via WhatsApp by an individual who posed as a money transfer agent based in Kuala Lumpur, asking her to pay taxes and customs charges amounting to RM300,000.
“The woman resorted to using the money from her late husband’s savings and borrowed more from friends to make the payments through several bank transactions, ” he said.
ACP Mohd Salleh said that the woman realised that she was being duped and lodged a police report at the Johor Baru Central police station on Saturday (Aug 22) after the agent continued to ask for more money.
ACP Mohd Salleh urged the public not to fall for such tactics.
“The public should be more alert and they can also check with the police before performing any transactions that seem suspicious or involve large amounts of money, ” he added.
