Pretty women have been luring single male tourists into scam blackjack games – losing RM150,000 since January.
The scam is simple. One or two attractive women befriend the men during sightseeing with a promise of a 'good time'
The men are then taken to an apartment where their accomplices are waiting and after drinks and chat are asked to have a game of blackjack. After winning a few rounds, the men would start losing – and losing everything and more.
To pay their debts, the men are then taken to a jewellers to buy jewellery with a credit card – whilst the gang would hold onto the purchase slip
Its not the first time this scam has happened – and its clearly well designed since no victim can ever remember where they were taken – or even much about the couples – but its not the way a tourist wants to remember their vacation
Article: Pretty women lure losers to gaming table