Pensioner loses over RM4.3mil in love scam


KUANTAN: A government pensioner claimed to have lost over RM4.3mil to a love scam syndicate after getting acquainted with an American man through Facebook.

Pahang police chief Datuk Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the 66-year-old woman said she had been duped by the man, who claimed to be a geologist at an oil and gas company in the United States, who convinced her to part with her money between last Dec 2 and May 31 this year.

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