Businessman loses RM65,180 in lottery scam


KUANTAN (Bernama): A businessman was made poorer by more than RM65,000 after being duped into paying the amount for a winning lottery number that purportedly would make him a millionaire.

Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department head Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the 45-year-old victim claimed he transferred a total of RM65,180 to an account given by a man who claimed was able to predict the lottery number that would win him RM1.1mil.

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