Macau scam suspects charged with passport offences


JOHOR BARU: A total of 52 foreigners, believed to be members of an international Macau scam syndicate, have been charged with passport offences at the magistrate’s court here.

Macau scammers would pose as bank or enforcement officers, making random calls to con people into transferring money to release their frozen accounts.

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