Varsity student cheated of RM86k in online investment scam

By R.S.N. MURALI

MELAKA: A 25-year-old female university student who was hoping to strike a fortune in cryptocurrency trading ended up poorer by RM86,000 after she was scammed.

State commercial crime chief Supt E. Sundra Rajan said the student was surfing Facebook when she saw an advertisement, promising lucrative returns in 72 hours once she had invested a sum.

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