Woman rubber tapper loses RM74,800 in love scam


ALOR SETAR (Bernama): A 63-year-old woman rubber tapper in Kedah has been cheated out of RM74,800 by a man she befriended on Facebook, in what police described as a case of "excessive trust and infatuation”.

Kedah Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt Elias Omar said the married woman continued communicating with the man via WhatsApp after they first met on Facebook in July this year.

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