KOTA KINABALU: Talk of marriage and a vow to fight all obstacles together cost a woman more than RM150,000 in losses following a cheating case in the city.
The woman, who only wanted to be identified as Ting, 27, had matched with someone who called himself “Chin” through a chat and social media app about three years ago.
The sales executive had chatted with the Sarawakian for over a year but never met him.
Throughout their online relationship, Chin, who said he was 39, managed to trick her into believing that he needed money for cancer treatment and other financial woes that he needed help with.
It was only after a year later that they finally met up unintentionally, because when Ting first met Chin in person, she did not know that he was the one she had been chatting with as well.
“It was after several meetings and engagements that I suspected something amiss, because he knew information and secrets that I only shared with the man on social media,” she said.
She said after confirming his identity and confronting him, she had started asking for her money back.
He had repaid RM20,000 once, but then asked for it again a few days later, with the excuse that he needed it for something important.
In total, Ting had transferred about RM150,000 to the man in more than 40 online transactions, all the while willingly doing it because she believed that her boyfriend was truly ill and that…
