Sarawak govt officer loses RM60,000 in love scam
KUCHING, April 20 ― Despite never meeting each other, a government officer was willing to give a woman RM60,000 over their three-year relationship, Sarawak Commercial Crimes Investigation Department head superintendent Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah said today.Mustafa Kamal said the 28-year old victim lodged a report with the Sibu police yesterday after realising that the woman he knew only as “Aishah” had conned him.
“From that relationship, the victim proposed to the suspect to marry him and she agreed to the proposal. He said the victim banked in more money up to early this month as demanded by the suspect until the total amount reached RM60,000.In an unrelated case, a 32-year old mechanic was scammed of RM32,350 by a non-existent loan syndicate.He said the victim had wanted to borrow RM40,000 from the syndicate which had advertised its loan facilities through Facebook last month.
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