Covid-19 scam: Chinese national loses RM600k over face mask 'deal'


KUALA LUMPUR: A woman was scammed into giving RM600,000 and her passport to a conman who took advantage of the Covid-19 outbreak to "sell" face masks.

The 43 year-old female Chinese national, Zhang Lin, came to Kuala Lumpur early in January for a vacation and later befriended the man, Zhang Zheng Wei, who was working in the events industry.

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