Woman loses RM112,000 in online job scam


SEREMBAN: A 27-year-old human resource executive who wanted to apply for a part-time marketing assistant position lost close to RM112,000 to an online scam here.

State Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt Aibee Ab Ghani said the woman, who is from Senawang near here, came across the vacancy on Aug 29, purportedly offered by an e-commerce company on Facebook.

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