Woman in her 70s, loses RM52,300 in love scam

KUANTAN: A 74-year-old woman was conned of RM52,300 in a love scam after befriending a man on Facebook last December.

The woman told police here that the man, who claimed to be Nelson Michael Jr, from the United States, and working in Miri, Sarawak, contacted her through Facebook.

Pahang Commercial Criminal Investigation Department head Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof revealed the case in a statement issued yesterday, Bernama reported.

He said throughout the friendship, the woman claimed to have not met the suspect, but only communicated with him through phone calls and WhatsApp.

“The suspect was said to have borrowed money from her seven times, totalling RM52,300, giving various reasons and also promised to marry her,” he said.

He said the woman became suspicious and suspected she had been cheated after she failed to contact the man again after making the last money transaction on Dec 31.

He added that the suspect had also blocked the victim’s telephone number and that the woman lodged a police report at the Kuantan district police station here on Thursday.