Retired reporter in S’pore scammed out of S$3mil, forced to sell properties to pay loan sharks

Poon, a former Zaobao reporter, said she received a call from a man posing as an employee from a courier company claiming she had sent several forged passports to Beijing that were detained at Customs. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

SINGAPORE: Scammed out of S$3mil (RM9.86mil), a woman in Singapore had to sell two of her properties to pay off her ensuing debts with loan sharks.

Speaking to Lianhe Zaobao, retiree Poon Sing Wah, 74, said she was cheated of her hard-earned money in 2019 by people claiming to be Chinese officials.