Woman loses RM109,200 in online scam for purchase of laptops


KUANTAN: A woman has lodged a police report claiming that she was a victim of an online scam, involving losses amounting to RM109,200 for the purchase of three laptops.

Pahang Commercial Criminal Investigation Department head Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the 32-year-old woman claimed she made the purchase through a man via a given WhatsApp number after seeing an advertisement on the sale of the laptops on Instagram in the middle of last month.

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