MELAKA: A mother of six from Bukit Baru here was left penniless after falling victim to a love scam.

       Melaka Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt E. Sundra Rajan said the single mother, who works as a human resources executive in a private company, ended up in a nightmare for trusting her online lover who promised to marry her.

       “The 40-year-old woman desperately wanted to get married and befriended the conman who claimed to be a 50-year-old businessman who is currently based overseas,” he said yesterday.

       Supt Sundra said the victim first transferred money to the fraudster’s foreign bank account in December.

       “The man then asked the victim to transfer RM10,900 and another RM2,500 in the same month,” he said.

       Supt Sundra said the conman had asked the victim to transfer his money totalling US$42,000 (RM176,140) from his account to another foreign bank account just to convince her that he was a wealthy person.

       “However, the transactions made using the conman’s account weren’t successful,” he said.

       The conman then asked the victim to transfer RM10,000 to his mother’s account last month.

       He made his last attempt by convincing the victim that he needed RM225,900 to buy a house at Taman Setia Alam in Shah Alam.

       “The victim transferred all her savings to the conman’s account in eight transactions last week,” he said.

       The victim realised she was cheated and lodged a report on Thursday at the Bukit Baru police station.

       “We are now probing the case under Section 420 of the Penal Code,” said Supt Sundra.