KUALA LUMPUR: It was another classic case of deception. A bank clerk surrendered US$2,750 (RM10,407) to a Nigerian, thinking that she stood to inherit a family savings box containing assets worth US$75mil (RM284mil).
Syuhaidah Ahmad, 23, was duped. Yesterday, magistrate Aizatul Akmal Maharani jailed Emeghara Jude Omeni a year and ordered for him to be given one stroke of the rotan. He was also fined RM2,000.
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