A MAN is now RM36,000 poorer after his bride-to-be conned him, reported Harian Metro. The 39-year-old housing contractor had never met the 25-year-old and only knew her through the Internet for six months, the report said.
The woman, whom he met via an online social networking site, claimed to be a trainee doctor who recently graduated from a local university in Penang.
She also claimed to be an orphan and was in financial difficulties. “She made various promises, including her readiness to be my wife.
“That got me concerned and I also felt sorry for her, what more after she told me that her parents had just passed away,” he told the daily.
According to the report, the woman SMSed him on the first day of their online encounter and asked for RM30 as she was short of money.
“A few days later, she said she had some family problems in the village and asked for RM1,000 which I banked in,” he added.
The amount, the report stated, grew over time from RM2,000 right up to RM20,000 purportedly to build a house in the village with promises that the money would be returned once she started working.
“I deposited the money without any suspicion.
“Overall, I deposited RM36,000 into three different accounts involving 64 transactions,” he told the tabloid.
The woman then ignored his calls and later sent him a SMS to state that everything was a lie.
“I was shocked to receive the SMS. I was conned of RM36,000,” he told the daily after lodging a police report in Alor Gajah.
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