JOHOR BARU: A 74-year-old businessman whose printing business was badly affected due to the movement control order since last year thought he could reverse his fortunes by taking up a loan from an international body.
However, the “friend” he met via Facebook who offered to help him secure a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) turned out to be a scammer.
Promising the businessman IMF loans totalling US$900,000 (RM3.6mil), the swindler managed to con the businessman out of RM3.8mil as upfront payments.
It is learnt that between July and December last year, the businessman banked in a total of 64 transactions in the hope of securing the IMF loan.
JOHOR BARU: The police have arrested 11 individuals, including two Indonesian women, for being involved in a money game scam here.
Johor Commercial Criminal Investigation Department chief Asst Comm Mohd Salleh Abdullah said the suspects, aged between 19 and 28, were arrested at about 5pm on Tuesday (Feb 9) following a raid around Taman Daya in Johor Baru. Based on an analysis by officers in the raid, we found that the syndicate has been running an online money game scam for non-existent bitcoins. They would find victims through social media, where they would befriend them and gain their trust before convincing them into investing.