Con victim almost sold child

Retiree thought it was the best way to recover RM120,000 loss

I could not think straight after losing such an amount to the syndicate.

Anuar

AFTER losing some RM120,000 of his Employee Provident Fund (EPF) savings to a scratchandwin syndicate, a retiree resorted to the idea of selling his adopted child, which he thought would be the best way to recover his “losses”.

Harian Metro reported that the 55yearold man, from Kuala Lumpur, admitted that he could not think of other ways to recover his money besides selling the child.

“I could not think straight after losing such an amount to the syndicate. The EPF money in my bank account was meant to be used for other reasons. That was when I thought the best way to get the money back was by selling my adopted child,” said the man, who wanted to only be known as Anuar.

Anuar, who retired from his job a month ago, said the incident took place after he visited a supermarket last week.

After buying his groceries, he met a man who offered him a card which was to be scratched and would give him a chance to win cash worth RM150,000, electrical appliances or a car.

Excited about the offer, Anuar immediately scratched the card. To his surprise, he was told that he had won the RM150,000 cash prize.

“At first, I was sceptical about the win. But the man did a fine job in convincing me about the win.”

Anuar added that soon after that, another offer was made for him to triple the winning amount, where he would need to pay the company RM150,000 in cash.

Driven by greed, he said he withdrew the RM150,000 from his bank account and handed it over to the man at an office. The syndicate, however, took only RM120,000.

Days passed and Anuar failed to see his “winnings”. It was then that he realised he had been conned. His pleas for them to return his money fell on deaf ears.

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