Women main target for Macau, love scams, but men fall prey too, says Home Ministry


KUALA LUMPUR: Not only Malaysian women but men too have fallen prey to love scams to the tune of more than RM67mil this year, revealed the Home Ministry.

Out of the 1,303 love scam or parcel scam cases reported this year, 1,070 victims were female and 230 were male, with total losses of RM67,737,419.38.

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