The High- Tech And Convincing Cheaters

The High- Tech And Convincing Cheaters





We all have heard about it the 'Nigerian scam'. Part of the old stories they made up

to convinced victims are modified to be more real than ever. From a businessman

wanting to offer you free samples of expensive jewellery, sending you real money

as a hoax and pretending to look for a nanny to take care of their kids. It's terribly

outrageous! I've heard from a few victims that are close to get ripped by

the 'professional cheaters'.

Here's their story and how you could protect yourself from being convinced by them.

Story one,

Ana 32 had registered herself in one of the friend-making site to look for new

friends and old classmates. After sometime, she got a ' friend request from a guy

that claimed he's a divorcee, age 51, Peter by name, staying alone in London, retired

from the army and just started up his own business in fine jewellery. He sent Ana his

photo in her 'inbox ' and it was a white old man photo. She's convinced that she's

making friend with a white Londoners male. They chatted once and the second

time Ana chatted Peter, she's offered by him to try some of his samples. Being a

woman and for someone to send you expensive gifts, of course Ana was delighted.

He provided her a number to call and ask for her name, telephone number and

address to send over the gifts. She's given a code to open up the luggage as if it

was a special and expensive item, and it can't be open by anyone else.
   
      He claimed that he never been to Singapore and want Ana to help him to promote

his product by wearing them. After he got the address, he would call Ana through a

foreign number (usually Malaysia number) and pretend to be a courier company to

conform and convinced her that the gifts are on the way to Singapore. After which,

he will call again and expect Ana to pay some 'key money' to a bank in order to get

the luggage safe in her hands. The luggage is never there. It's just pure fiction.

Second story,

Sara thirty five, another member of a friend-making site got to know a guy who

seems desperately in need of a nanny. Bom, claim to be 41, a Caucasian living in

the U.K with two kids in towed. He mentioned that he's a born American but move to

U.K for a business opportunity. In his first message to Sara, his words go like this:

'I'm a widow of two years and just move to the U.K few days ago. I need a nanny to

take care of my two children. I'm willing to pay eight hundreds sterling pounds a

week plus shopping money at the end of the month. I'm sorry to write to you this

way, but I want a nanny outside United Kingdom. I will provide accommodation and

visa will be dealt with through my agent. No problem with that. Please respond if

you're interested.' Sara responded with full interest. Why not? The money is too

good to be refused. Sara is asked to pay her own flight money reason- he had

employed two nannies before, and they disappeared after they got their workers

pass. What she has to do is to pass her number, address and full name to process

her work pass. After awhile, she will get a call from a so call agent and the caller

will demand her for fees pertaining to the pass. Convinced, Sara parted with

some money believing that she's on her way to a better opportunity. The

manipulation goes on and on. One story leads to another.

Third story,

Siti  met a guy call Rick from the internet, and he claimed to have a big sum of

money that he need to bring out of his country but are facing a problem by reason

of the many zeroes on the statement. He begged Siti for her understanding and

convinced her that he will come to Singapore to meet her after the money is safe in

her account. The sum he will transfer would be $100,000.00 in a few transactions. Siti is

offered a percentage of shares if she's willing to help. Siti is convinced, and she

gave her bank details to him. He told her that the fund has already been transferred

and she 's advice to go to the bank to check. Siti went to update her bankbook and

found a hundred dollars being transferred to her account. She called the guy and

told him that there's only one hundred dollars, and he told her that -- because it's a

big amount, only a hundred dollars are able to be out. For the rest of the money,

she will have to pay a fee to get it. In addition, the excuses will go on and

on, and they won't stop drying out her bank account.

    It is a wicked way of duping the innocents and this group of people has grown

and breed fast enough to come up with new ideas and ways of convincing their

victims. This is their way of finding easy money, I went to K.L Malaysia to ask few

Africans on what they have to say about this trend. One student call Solomon told

me that those who do these don't feel guilty at all.
   
      'This is their business and only the greedy will fall into their trap. If you're

convinced and choose to believe, they will take your money, and they see no wrong

in doing that,because they don't rob you or pull your money from your pocket ' he

said.
   
      Another guy Vick, told me that K.L is the head quarters for the scammers to do

their job.

    'I'm not one of them. I'm here to study, and I'm ashamed of what the news said

about us. All our guys have big houses and most own a car. They stay on their

own, and they dorn good apparel and accessories. Most of them are students,

and they need money to survive. Therefore, they either be a toy boy, dealing in

drugs, or operate a scam.'
   
      The plots they made up are too good to be true and they easily trapped some of us

who are in need of money. They said that it's gentler than robbing or murder, but

what they don't know is; they had made many people bankrupt, suicides and

even have a hard time falling asleep. Their persistence in luring you into their trap

making you restless, at times. They would call at two or three in the morning to

convince you that they made the call from somewhere in London, America and

others. They made you believe in them so much that you can't say 'No'. Believe it.

It's real! So real it killed and destroyed many individual dreams and future.

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