MALACCA: Three elderly siblings claimed that they have lost more than RM500,000 to a syndicate which cheated them by claiming that they had quit rent arrears.

The victims, a 76-year-old woman and her two brothers, aged 65 and 68, were informed by the woman’s adopted daughter that she received a letter from the government which stated that they had to immediately settle the arrears of their house in Jalan Tukang Besi here or risked being evicted.