Kuala lumpur: A single mother lost RM60,500 after being duped by a love scam syndicate last month. District police chief ACP Azli Mohd Noor said the victim, in her late 30s, became acquainted with a male suspect on TikTok before continuing their communication via WhatsApp.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, after several days of getting to know each other, the suspect asked the victim to transfer RM500, purportedly for hotel expenses. The victim, who works as a shop assistant, made the transfer on April 10. However, a few days later, the suspect asked the victim to lend him RM60,000, allegedly to reactivate his frozen bank account.

Azli stated that the victim took out a personal loan and transferred the amount along with her savings, totalling RM60,000, into an account specified by the suspect on April 24. The victim realised she had been scammed after attempts to contact the suspect several days later failed.

The victim lodged a police report at 10.01 pm last night on the advice of her family, and the case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code.