Insurance clerk loses RM160k in social media scam


SIBU: An insurance clerk in Sri Aman was duped of RM159,450 in a scam by a man she met on social media.

Sarawak commercial crime investigation department chief Supt Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah said Thursday (April 4) that the case happened between July 2017 and December 2018, but the victim had only lodged a police report on April 3, 2019, after the long wait to get back her money failed.

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