KUANTAN: A “love bitten” woman cleared out RM418,400 from her mother’s bank account all because of her lover whom she only met via a social media appl.
KUANTAN (Bernama): A 28-year-old woman here withdrew RM418,400 from her mother s bank account all because of her lover whom she had met via a social media application.
Revealing the case, Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the 28-year-old woman claimed that she got to know the man, purportedly a Malay businessman living in France, via an application on Dec 22. The victim claimed to have exchanged phone numbers as well as given her bank account number to the man because he intended to send gifts, including cash, to symbolise his love for her on Dec 26,2020, which he followed up with a photograph of a cheque via a messaging application.