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Retiree loses over RM1mil to online investment scam

GEORGE TOWN: A government retiree lost RM1.0024mil to an online investment scam that offered profits of up to 200 per cent, says Penang police chief Comm Datuk Azizee Ismail.

The man, 67, got to know a woman on Facebook in August and she introduced him to an online investment scheme via WhatsApp.

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