{
  "id": 13638678,
  "title": "Used-car buyers lose RM25k after paying fake middlemen in Miri",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/used-car-buyers-lose-rm25k-after-paying-fake-middlemen-in-miri",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T03:44:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Vibes",
    "slug": "the-vibes",
    "url": "https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/128215/used-car-buyers-lose-rm25k-after-paying-fake-middlemen-in-miri"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "TWO men lost RM25,000 in total after allegedly falling victim to a used-car scam in which individuals posing as sales intermediaries directed payments into third-party bank accounts. Miri district police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohamad Farhan Le...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}