Nearly RM40,000 lost to scammers within minutes of mobile app use


(Seated from left) Yap, Lin and Teh holding up police reports. With them are (standing from left) Bangi MCA youth chief and Kajang state constituency complaints bureau chief Chung Wui Fah, MCA coordinator for the Balakong state constituency Chan Chee Teong and Bangi MCA committee member Lee Kah Ho.

TWO women are among the latest victims of online scammers purporting to offer part-time maid services.

Collectively, both women lost close to RM40,000 while trying to make bookings for cleaners on Aug 12.

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