Three women lose RM77,200 in separate scams on same day


SIBU: Three women were fleeced of RM77,200 in Macau scams after they were duped into revealing their banking information on Friday (July 26).

Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Supt Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah said in the first case, a 20-year old student in Kuching had received a call from a person who identified himself as "Magistrate Johnson Tan".  She was told that she had been summoned for outstanding credit card debt of RM16,840.

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