Did UK teen missing in Malaysia fall victim to scam call centre ring?
Anti-fraud activists say the pattern of David Balisong’s disappearance fits into the modus operandi of scam centre operators
David Balisong, 17, was reported missing after he secretly took a flight from the UK to Malaysia on June 6, carrying nothing but a backpack. Malaysian police said he was last seen by eyewitnesses at the KL Sentral transport hub in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur a day later.
His last known communication was on June 9, when his family said they received an email from an unknown address telling them he was “in a safe place” and to “not try to find me”.
There has been little progress in locating Balisong, but anti-fraud activists say the pattern fits into the modus operandi of scam call centre operations that they have dealt with in the past.
