Plantation worker duped in WhatsApp investment scam, loses savings and borrowed funds

Police in Temerloh reported that a 51-year-old oil palm worker from Kuala Krau was targeted by a fraudulent investment offer delivered through an unknown WhatsApp number on August 11. The scheme, called "Prestige Prime," enticed him with promises of substantial profits, leading him to click a registration link and begin investing. Over a series of 18 transactions, he transferred funds into nine separate bank accounts, using both personal savings and money borrowed from a younger sibling and friends. The victim realized he had been scammed after his account was locked, and authorities have opened a case under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which carries a potential ten-year prison term, whipping, and a fine.