Love Scam Duo Lose Close To Rm700k In Separate Incidents

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A woman who works at an institution of higher learning in Terengganu and a welder in Pahang lost close to RM700,000 in two separate love scam incidents.
In the first case, Kuala Terengganu district police chief Abdul Rahim Md Din said the victim met a man, believed to be a foreigner, on a dating website in 2020.
Since the start, the man had repeatedly asked the woman for money giving all sorts of excuses.
"Throughout the period of three years, the victim made 22 transactions to several accounts given by the suspect, all amounted to RM500,000.
"The victim said that she gave all her money including her savings and money from a personal loan to the suspect because she loved and believed in him, seeing that she had known him for quite some time.
"The victim believed the suspect and also followed the suspect's instructions who asked her to throw away all the evidence in the form of money transfer receipts," he was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times.
According to Rahim, the woman realised she was being scammed when a colleague told her that the man was not the individual who was in contact with her.
Met on Facebook
As for the Pahang case, the 55-year-old welder lost RM183,000 in personal savings as well as money he withdrew from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
The man, who is a widower, lost the sum after meeting a woman on Facebook in January and decided to marry her soon after.
"They communicated on Facebook and became acquainted before planning to get married. Last month, the victim transferred RM25,600 to the woman after she convinced him that she will transfer US$600,000 to prepare for their wedding,” said state police chief Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf.
“The woman tricked the victim, saying the money will be used to pay the cost for her to send the money from abroad. The victim made another 10 transactions amounting to RM158,000 into two bank accounts as instructed by the woman, who claimed it was an additional cost for the wedding," he was quoted as stating.
The man realised something was amiss when the woman asked him for another deposit of RM30,000 claiming that the sum must be paid to Bank Negara Malaysia to release all the money he had given her.
Last month, it was reported that a 31-year-doctor in Kuala Lumpur lost RM94,000 in a love scam after getting acquainted with a foreign man on social media while a 71-year-old widow from Pahang was conned into parting with RM86,000 of her savings and her late husband's pension. - Mkini

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