Nigerians and a Filipino woman among 10 detained over love scam


JOHOR BARU: A series of raids has put an end to an e-love scam, also known as the “African scam”.

Two Malaysians and eight foreigners – seven Nigerian men, a Filipino woman and two local women in their 20s and 40s – were detained.

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