JOHOR BARU: A gullible single mother has lost everything – including her house – after falling victim in two separate scams.
In the first scam, the 30-year-old was duped into paying RM3,200 to bogus courier agents to release a parcel purportedly containing valuables and cash totalling US$ 800,000 (RM2.4mil). In the second, she lost her home to an Ah Long in a bogus business deal which, she was told, would help her pay off her housing loan.
The victim, Lim Siew Ling, said her nightmare began when she befriended a 40-year-old man while working in a salon in Singapore two years ago.
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