Senior citizen loses RM103,950 to scammers


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 28 Jul 2019

KUANTAN (Bernama): His fear of being blacklisted resulted in a senior citizen losing RM103,950 after giving his banking details to a Macau scam syndicate.

State Commercial CID chief Superintendent Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the 63-year-old victim also activated his online banking at the instruction of the suspect.

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