Teacher loses nearly RM70,000 in Scottish cat scam


SEREMBAN: A 26-year-old pre-school teacher probably thought she got lucky when an online seller offered to sell her a Scottish cat breed for only RM900, not knowing that it was actually a scam which eventually cost her almost RM70,000.

State Commercial Crime Investigations Department chief Supt Aibee Ab Ghani said the victim came across an advertisement on Facebook on Oct 23 and decided to make the purchase.

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