Businessman Conned Out Of RM703,000 In Facebook Business Scam
SEREMBAN, June 17 (Bernama) -- A hardware businessman lost more than RM703,000 after falling victim to a fake business opportunity promoted through Facebook last month.
Nilai police chief Supt Abdul Malik Hasim said the victim, a local man in his late 30s, claimed he was introduced to a website called Yoox-Shopping by a woman believed to be from China, whom he had befriended online on May 15.
'She proposed a business partnership and encouraged him to open an online store on the platform,' he said in a statement tonight.
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