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Those contemplating suicide can reach out to the Mental Health Psychosocial Support Service (03-2935 9935 / 014-322 3392); Talian Kasih (15999 / 019-261 5999 on WhatsApp); Jakim’s family, social and community care centre (0111-959 8214 on WhatsApp); or Befrienders Kuala Lumpur (03-7627 2929 / email sam@befrienders.org.my / Befrienders centres).
Dear Thelma,
I am the only child in a single-parent family.
My mum is 65 years old. For the past few years, my mum kept trying to find love online. She has given more than RM100,000 to eight different scammers. I only found out after seeing the receipts to African names in 2020. I was heartbroken to know she had lied to me all this time.
For a decade now, I have been telling her to be careful and not give any money away. It doesn’t matter if I talk nicely, or cry, or beg, she would stonewall or scold me, saying she has a master’s degree from overseas and she is not stupid.
After I found the evidence and confronted her…
