JOHOR BARU: A total of 39 cases of people duped into "lending" money to people posing as friends were reported to the police since the beginning of this year.
Johor police commercial crime chief Asst Comm Amran Md Jusin said that the scammers would contact their victims through Telegram and pretend to be someone they know before asking for money.
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