After years of saving almost RM11,000, Melaka factory worker loses all to scammers


MELAKA: A 34-year-old factory operator took years to save RM10,950 but lost it instantly to scammers.

Melaka Commercial Crime chief Supt E. Sundra Rajan said the victim from Tiang Dua here told police that he had put aside a certain sum of his monthly salary for a few years as savings for rainy days.

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