Retiree and hubby lose life savings in Macau scam

By NELSON BENJAMIN

BATU PAHAT: A retiree’s mistake of not immediately lodging a police report cost her all her retirement fund.

Posing as police, a syndicate duped the woman into emptying all her bank accounts by frightening her into believing she was on the police’s wanted list for money laundering totalling RM3mil.

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