RM5,000 gone in clicks


KUCHING: Updating personal information online through an email link sent by a “bank” cost a woman RM5,000 in just a few clicks.

The 48-year-old victim, who wished to be identified only as Then, said she received a text message from the “bank” about a successful transaction of the amount seconds after she had updated her information online.

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