“He invited me to become a partner in his company and said that I would get 50% of the profit,’’ Sarah recounted. While Sarah now knows that she was scammed, she said she was taken in by the sweet talk and the man’s apparent feelings for her. Just like Sarah, the guy told Carol that he had just won a contract with Petronas and was looking for investment. “They told me I had won a car after scratching a contest card they showed me,’’ Prema, 55 recalled. “I told them I had never taken a loan from that particular bank.”Prema was told that bankruptcy proceedings would proceed against her.

Source: The Star July 27, 2020 00:11 UTC