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Hong Kong actress Strawberry Yeung, 61, has publicly detailed how a romance scammer cultivated her trust over two months before requesting an investment of RM156,411, highlighting vulnerabilities exploited by online fraudsters targeting older women.
Kedah police have broken up a sophisticated romance fraud operation based in the state, arresting seven foreign nationals accused of defrauding Japanese victims through elaborate online schemes.
Malaysian police have dismantled a sophisticated online romance scam operation centred in Alor Star that systematically targeted vulnerable Japanese nationals. Seven Chinese nationals were arrested during a raid on an industrial park facility.
A Bukit Mertajam court has handed down penalties totalling RM54,000 against five Chinese and one Taiwanese national convicted of orchestrating an online romance fraud ring that preyed on fellow nationals seeking relationships.