Job scammers posing as beautiful women to lure victims


Datuk Seri Michael Chong (third from left) showing the list of Malaysians duped by job scam syndicates in Cambodia while victims Tarrence Fung (second from left) and Loh Vui Lun (left), Melaka MCA Youth chief Denis Lee and MCA Youth executive secretary Goh Boon Huat looked on during the press conference at Wisma MCA.

KUALA LUMPUR: Job scam syndicates are changing their tactics to lure victims including posing as beautiful women to develop a relationship, says MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Seri Michael Chong.

He said the victims would then be asked to come over to a specified country.

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