Negeri Sembilan Commercial CID chief Aibee Abd Ghani said the victim got to know the man, going by the name of “KA Agus”, who claimed to be from Palembang, Indonesia, at the end of 2018.

“At first, they only interacted on Facebook’s ‘Messenger’ service and then connected through the WhatsApp application. After that, the man asked for money from the victim to help out with his financial problems.

“The man often asked for money to solve his family’s problems, besides promising to pay off all the loans after selling his land in Indonesia,” he said in a statement here today.

Aibee said, blinded by love, the woman had sent money to the man in stages to 19 different accounts, starting Aug 31, 2019. This involved 37 transactions totalling RM105,523.

He said the money was sent to the man from Bahau through remittance agents such as Bank Central Asia, Bank Rakyat Indonesia and Bank Mandiri Indonesia.

Aibee said the victim only realised she had been cheated much later and lodged a police report on Monday.