Elderly woman loses RM800,000 in digital investment


KUCHING: A local woman in her 70’s lost RM800,000 to a digital investment scam which promised a return of US$5mil.

Sarawak police commissioner, Datuk Mancha Ata said the senior citizen was duped when she was attracted to the investment return in digital coins which was purportedly operated by a company called Accerx based in Hong Kong via Facebook.

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