Woman left heartbroken and RM300k poorer due to love scam

By IMRAN HILMY

BUTTERWORTH: A civil servant not only had her heart broken, but was cheated of more than RM300,000 of her savings to a love scam syndicate.

North Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Noorzainy Mohd Noor said the 57-year-old civil servant had befriended an individual on Facebook who claimed to be a US citizen working in the oil and gas industry.

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Love scam , Cheating , Police , Penal Code

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