KUALA LUMPUR: Extortion syndicates from Singapore are posing as moneylenders on social media to entrap Malaysians into taking “loans” before harassing them for the repayment of money they never received.
This was the case for a 29-year-old baker, who only wanted to be known as Kwan, when he clicked on a link for a loan application advertised on Facebook several months ago.
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