Clerk loses RM54k in online face mask scam in Melaka

By R.S.N.Murali

ALOR GAJAH: A 37-year-old clerk lost RM54,000 in a face-mask scam online on March 15.

Alor Gajah OCPD Supt Arshad Abu said the clerk had corresponded with a woman on WhatsApp to order 3,364 boxes of face masks on that date.

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