Machang businessman cheated of RM140,000 in Macau Scam


KOTA BHARU: A businessman in his 20s from Machang was duped out of RM140,679 by Macau Scam syndicate members posing as Telekom Malaysia (TM) staff and police officers.

Kelantan police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Shafien Mamat said the victim received a phone call from a person posing as TM staff on Feb 11, claiming that the victim's identity had been used to register a line used in cyber crime cases before being connected to two suspects posing as police officers with the ranks of Sergeant and Inspector.

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