Housewife cheated of RM187,100 after trusting Facebook ‘friend’
KUCHING, March 25 — State Commercial Crimes Investigation Department head Superintendent Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah today reminded members of the public not to be too trusting with strangers from Facebook.
Mustafa Kamal said the woman lodged a report with the Bintulu police yesterday after realising that the person, known to her as Michael Zhang, had cheated her of the money. He said on March 14, the housewife received a WhatsApp message that the parcel had arrived from Los Angeles but was detained by the Malaysian Customs Department.
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