KUALA TERENGGANU: A single mother lost RM60,500 after being duped by a love scam syndicate last month.
Kuala Terengganu OCPD Asst Comm Azli Mohd Noor said the victim, in her late 30s, became acquainted with a male suspect on TikTok before continuing their chats on WhatsApp.
He said that after several days of getting to know each other, the suspect asked the victim to transfer RM500, purportedly for hotel expenses.
"The victim, who works as a shop assistant, made the transfer on April 10. However, a few days later, the suspect asked the victim to lend him RM60,000, allegedly to reactivate his frozen bank account," he said in a statement on Sunday (May 10).
Azli said the victim took out a personal loan and transferred RM60,000, including her savings, into an account specified by the suspect on April 24.
He said the victim realised she had been scammed after attempts to contact the suspect several days later failed.
The victim lodged a police report at about 10.01pm on Saturday night on the advice of her family, and the case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code. - Bernama
