Company director loses RM1.25mil in love scam

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Police say the 60-year-old woman was asked by her ‘lover’ to send the money to help him bid for a project by an oil and gas company.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/07/13/company-director-loses-rm1-25mil-in-love-scam/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #RM1.25Million #LoveScam

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00:00A company director has lost RM1.25 million after falling victim to a love scam syndicate.

00:09Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department Director Ramli Yusuf said the 60-year-old

00:14woman had met a man on Facebook, adding that he had claimed he was a Singaporean living

00:19in the United Kingdom, Sinar Harian reported.

00:23He said the man had arranged to meet the director, saying he was coming to Malaysia to bid for

00:27a project from an oil and gas company.

00:31He added that the man asked the woman to lend him a large sum of money to bid for the project,

00:35promising that it would be returned.

00:38The victim then made 11 cash transfers worth a total of RM1,256,000 to two bank accounts,

00:45it was reported to have said.

00:47He added that the case was being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating

00:52and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, which is punishable with imprisonment from

00:571 to 10 years, whipping and a fine.

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