Love scam leaves senior citizen RM2.21mil poorer Posted on 17/12/2024 Bukit Aman’s commercial crime investigation department director Ramli Yoosuf said the scammer had claimed to be a businessman from the US. KUALA LUMPUR: A senior citizen fell victim to a love scam and lost RM2.21 million over seven years to her online boyfriend. Bukit Aman’s commercial crime investigation department director Ramli Yoosuf said the victim, who is a 67-year-old accountant, had transferred the money through 306 transactions to 50 different bank accounts. The woman only realised she had been duped after speaking to her friend about the matter last month. She lodged a police report yesterday. “According to the victim, she became friends with the man, who is allegedly from the US, through social media in October 2017. “The man claimed that he was a businessman supplying medical devices to Singapore,” he told a press conference. As their online relationship grew stronger, the man frequently requested for financial assistance under the pretext of personal and business issues. Ramli said the woman, a Sabahan, even borrowed money from her friends and family to help him. In another similar case, a 57-year-old woman lodged a police report in Selangor on Nov 28 after losing RM2.47 million to a love scam syndicate. According to Ramli, the victim met a man, who claimed to be from England, on social media in April. The man allegedly agreed to come to Malaysia to meet her but claimed that he was detained by the local authorities after he was found at the airport with RM5 million in cash. To help release him from detention, she transferred RM2.47 million through 13 transactions to 13 different bank accounts. “Even as she was filing a report, the man was still asking her to transfer more funds to help release him,” he added. Both cases are being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating. Separately, the police are looking for seven individuals to assist in investigations related to the Gigamax investment scam, which involved RM7.25 million in losses and 101 police reports. They are identified as Benjamin Al Sharif, Norizwan Ali, Nizam Sahar, Sufi Razak, Firdaus Khadri, Risman Yatim and an Indonesian man named Awaludin. News
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