US EditionInvestment Scam Cases Surge 60% This Year, over RM750mil Lost
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Businessman loses over RM2 mln in separate scams just months apart
KUANTAN, July 24 — A businessman lost over RM2.2 million in separate scams just months apart this year, after falling for fake investment schemes advertised on Facebook. Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said that in May, the 45-year-old man was lured by a scheme and contacted an individual via WhatsApp. He then made 18 transactions totalling RM1.86 million to six bank accounts between May 14 and July 15. “The victim received a return…
[Kuwana] On the 23rd, Mie Prefectural Police Kuwana Station announced that a man in his 70s from Kuwana City had been defrauded of approximately 10.25 million yen in cash under the pretense of investing in stocks. The case is being investigated as a fraud. Around March 10th, the man registered for LINE from a website that advertised itself as "teaching blue-chip stocks." He was told, "You can make a lot of profit by investing in stocks using inf…
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