Woman loses RM25k to 'Datuk' she befriended over social media


  • Nation
  • Monday, 10 Jun 2019

KUANTAN: A woman lost RM24,780 after being sweet-talked by a male acquaintance she got to know over social media two years ago.

Pahang Commercial Criminal Investigation Department chief Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the 36-year-old victim also gave her Automated Teller Machine (ATM) bank card to the suspect who is supposedly a Datuk.

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