Syndicates turning scam victims into unwitting accomplices


KUALA LUMPUR: Instead of getting their own members to carry out their scams, some syndicates are now resorting to using victims to do their dirty deeds.

The new modus operandi was detected when police found that a bank officer, who is a scam victim, was unwittingly used by a syndicate to receive RM100,000 from another victim last month.

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