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Love scam: 1,164 victims smitten with 'ghosts', many of them young
A total of 1,164 individuals have fallen victim to love scams from January to September this year, more than half involving those from the age between 15 and 40.
The accumulated loss within the period was RM62.97 million, according to statistics obtained from the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID)...
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