Woman in S’pore obeyed online boyfriend and opened bank account used in Internet love scam


Lim, 50, was sentenced to seven weeks’ jail after she pleaded guilty to a cheating charge on April 22. — AP

SINGAPORE: A married woman entered into a relationship with a man she met online, and agreed to open a bank account on his behalf.

Lim Gek Hong’s online boyfriend identified as “Kelvin Lin” used the account to dupe two people in an Internet love scam, and they lost S$167,000 (RM586,266) in total in early 2023.

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