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TAIPING: Macau scam victims stand a slim chance of recovering their money, says an investigating officer under the commercial crime division of Taiping district police. Inspector Zulkifli Shafiee said since he started investigating the Macau scam in 2017, he had not seen a victim successfully recovering the money. “This is because the syndicate uses a very clever strategy to transfer the money via many money mules’ accounts until the fund is transferred out of the country. “Even if the police manage to trace the funds, they will have lost the evidence and can only charge the money mules,” he said....
