Teacher, 27, loses RM42,000 to love scam online


MELAKA: A 27-year-old teacher at a primary school here fell victim to a love scam after being wooed by an alleged Caucasian man online.

Melaka Commercial Crime chief Supt E. Sundra Rajan said the victim had befriended the con artist on Facebook on March 3.

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