Fraudsters run off with RM84,000 after wooing victims in investment scam


MELAKA: Fraudsters managed to persuade five individuals to part with their savings totalling RM84,000 by simply misusing the photograph of a "Datuk Seri" millionaire to woo the victims into investing in a fictitious trust fund investment.

Melaka Commercial Crime Chief Supt E. Sundra Rajan said the five victims were a teacher, ex-civil servants and executives, aged between 30 and 45 from all over the state.

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