SIBU, April 19 -- A civil servant in her late 40s has lost more than RM600,000 to a fake investment scheme operated through social media, Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mancha Ata confirmed yesterday.

The woman, based in Sibu, lodged a police report after discovering that she had been duped by a syndicate using the name "XGI Horizontal", which had promised lucrative returns within a short period.

According to Mancha, the woman had come across the investment advertisement on Facebook in early March 2025 while browsing from her home.

She was lured by the attractive profit promises and began communicating with the scammer via WhatsApp.

"The victim made several transactions amounting to approximately RM600,000 into the suspect's bank a...