Woman loses RM53,875 to an online job scam


KUANTAN: She thought it wouldn’t hurt to boost her income doing part-time work. Instead, a woman ended up losing over RM53,000 to an online job scam.

Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the 41-year-old victim was offered a simple job, which required her to just subscribe and like YouTube pages, via WhatsApp on Jan 29.

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