Labuan woman loses RM18,000 in Facebook scam


A Facebook logo is pictured on an Apple's Ipad in Bordeaux, southwestern France, March 10, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/Illustration

LABUAN: A 33-year-old woman lost a total of RM18,000 after being lured through Facebook that she had received a gift and cash amounting to USD600,000 from abroad.

It all started when the woman, a sales advisor accepted a 'friend' request and got to know the person purportedly named Yong Liu.

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