JOHOR BARU: For the past two years, a 28-year-old woman was extorted of more than S$20,000 (RM68,760), forced to become a loan shark's runner and even had her house set on fire twice - all because she befriended a man online.
Identified only as Wong, the clerk who works in Singapore became friends with a man via Facebook in June 2021 and immediately hit it off.
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