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Police said a teacher lost RM300,000 after being cheated by a love scam syndicate recently. ― Picture by Hari Anggara
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KEPALA BATAS, Jan 31 A teacher lost RM300,000 after being cheated by a love scam syndicate recently.
Seberang Prai Utara (SPU) district police chief ACP Noorzainy Mohd Noor said the single woman, aged 57, alleged that she had been cheated after engaging in a relationship with a man claiming to be an American through Facebook.
“After almost a month into the relationship, the suspect started to relate a sad story to gain the victim’s sympathy and she finally agreed to help him by loaning him money,” he said in a statement today.