Retired teacher loses RM199,000 in Macau scam


SIBU: A retired teacher in Bintulu was cheated of RM199,000 in a Macau scam.

Bintulu OCPD Supt Batholomew Umpit said on Sunday (July 3) that the 63-year old woman's ordeal began on June 30 when she received a call from a courier company in Kuala Lumpur informing her that a parcel which was meant for her had been wrongly sent to a company in Pahang.

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