A businessman with the title of ‘Datuk’ lost RM100,000 after being duped by a man in the purchase of a non-existent piece of tin mine land in Chini, Pekan.
The 54-year-old victim received the offer from the 35-year-old suspect on December 25 last year, according to Bernama.
“The suspect told the victim that there was a tin mine in Chini for sale at RM1 million because the contractor could not pay the tin mine company owned by a datuk.
“The victim was interested to take over the tin mine and handed a deposit of RM50,000 with a cheque on December 29 and another RM50,000 by cash believed paid through a third party to land company,” Pahang CID chief Supt Mohd Wazir Yusof told reporters.
After two months, he said the businessman was informed by a third party that the landowner would be returning the deposit for failing to meet the land sale agreement.
However, to date, he has yet to recover his deposit money and has lodged a police report.
The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code.