Job offer via WeChat, interview at a coffeeshop and another Macau Scam begins


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EXCLUSIVE: JOHOR BARU: An international syndicate has been using social media to scam locals into becoming operatives for the notorious Macau Scam.

First, the racketeers would dangle the promise of lucrative jobs overseas with salaries of between RM5,000 and RM7,000 a month via WeChat.

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