Property agent loses RM7mil to Macau scam


KUALA LUMPUR: A local woman property agent lost more than RM7mil after being duped in a Macau scam by someone impersonating a Health Ministry (MOH) officer on May 18.

Brickfields police chief ACP Amihizam Abdul Shukor said the 66-year-old woman claimed she received a call from a man who informed the victim that she possessed (52) doses of Sinovac vaccine applied illegally in the victim's name and that action would be taken by the Health Ministry .

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