Online romance scam costs woman MOP460,000

A middle-aged local woman has fallen victim to an elaborate online romance scam, losing a total of MOP460,000 after being lured into a fake investment scheme by a man posing as a Chinese military officer nearing retirement, the Judiciary Police (PJ) confirmed. According to a complaint filed by the victim, she met the alleged soldier online in May this year, and the two subsequently developed a romantic relationship. In June, the scammer, who identified himself as a military officer nearing retirement, claimed to have insider knowledge of a system vulnerability on a metal investment platform operated under the name “China […]