Rubber tapper falls for love scam


ALOR SETAR: A 63-year-old rubber tapper in Kedah has been cheated of RM74,800 by a man she befriended on Facebook, in what police described as a case of “excessive trust and infatuation”.

Kedah Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt Elias Omar said the married woman kept in contact with the man via WhatsApp after they first met on Facebook in July.

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