Man loses over RM30,000 to job offer scam on social media


KUALA TERENGGANU: A man suffered losses of RM30,700 due to a job offer scam via a social media platform.

Terengganu police chief, Datuk Mazli Mazlan, said that the 24-year-old self-employed man was offered a job in buying and selling goods by an Instagram account administrator on February 26.

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