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KUANTAN: A retired woman lost RM 87,400 after being cheated on by a man she befriended on Facebook around October this year.
The head of Pahang’s Commercial Crime Investigation Department, Superintendent Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof, said the 60-year-old victim claimed to know the suspect, who allegedly resided in the United States, via Facebook.
“The victim claimed that the suspect had informed him that he would be stationed in Terengganu for three years, as he had obtained a tender with an oil and gas company and would arrive in Malaysia in November.
“In mid-November, the suspect contacted the victim to borrow RM 87,400 for the mandatory quarantine costs for eight workers and himself at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA),” he told reporters here today.
Mohd Wazir said the victim agreed and made eight online transactions from November 30 to December 18 on the account provided by the suspect.
However, the victim became suspicious after being informed by the suspect that he needed another RM13,000 before filing a police report at the Kuantan District Police Headquarters yesterday.
The case is being investigated under article 420 of the Penal Code.Called
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