Share This! Another Internet Love Scam Has Happened!

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Here are a few short pieces of advice based on what I have experienced personally myself:

1. When someone calls and tells you to claim a lump sum of money or a car as a prize, DO NOT GIVE IN TO THE TEMPTATION! If that person claims you forget about the contest you have entered, THAT'S NOT TRUE! YOU DID NOT ENTER ANY!

2. When someone calls and tells you that you need to pay them a fee (ranging from a few hundreds to a few thousands) in order to collect the prize money or prize item, NO, IT'S NOT TRUE! There's no such thing as giving someone else money as a fee to claim a prize, even if the prize comes from abroad.

3. When someone contacts you through Facebook and commends you all over the sky and claims he loves you more than any other, YES, IT FEELS SWEET BUT THAT JUST A BAIT TO SCAM THAT FEW HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OUT OF YOUR POCKET! DON'T GIVE IN! REPORT TO FACEBOOK STRAIGHTAWAY.

4. Never reveal your personal contact number even when you feel it's safe BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE! There is never a real genuine person behind those sweet honeyed words.

5. When your "online lover" asks you for money so that he will be able to pay for an expensive package to be sent to you as a gift, DON'T GIVE IN! Even when you are lambasted by your "online lover" who will say you are being ungrateful, DON'T BLAME YOURSELF AND DON'T GIVE IN! He will play psychological games with you to make you feel sorry for the sorry things you do to him such as rejecting his kind and generous gift. BUT REMEMBER, NO SUCH GIFTS EXIST! IT'S JUST A LIE TO GET YOUR MONEY TRANSFERRED TO THE SCAMMER!

6. If you take my advice and reject him, your "online lover" will reveal his true self and start labelling you as a bitch. BLOCK HIM IMMEDIATELY FROM FACEBOOK AND REPORT TO FACEBOOK!

7. Many women have been heartbroken by this kind of thing. Cry if you must BUT ONLY FOR A FEW DAYS! You must realise it's not worth your tears over such things. Besides you should feel happy you haven't suffered any financial loss and you have managed to uncover a scam sooner rather than later.

Don't be part of the statistics. Be OUT of the statistics!

WeChat Scams

WeChat is the most widely used mobile chat application in China by the Chinese. It is also quite popular in Singapore.

It is a very good platform for getting to know people. There is a  feature in the application that I like very much because it helps me to search for people all over the world to make friends with. It is also very popular with businesses who use the platform for marketing and it is definitely one of the platform and I am seriously thinking of using to market my businesses.

And oh, something that is popular can connect with millions of individuals worldwide is also prone to being exploited for darker motives.

Lately, there have been more and more cases in Singapore where guys are asked to pay a small amount of money usually by AXS transfer or other online payment services in exchange for a date, massage or sex. They are usually asked to go a particular location to meet up with the girl but always, when they arrived, the girl is not there.

Of course, there's no such a girl in the first place. It's just a scam!

Then, when they contacted the girls and asked where they were, their replies were usually the same: they have to make some payment first before the girls could appear.

That's the usual tactic. I had experience tons of them.

Then, for some who naively made the first payment, thinking that they could finally meet the girl, they were asked to make additional payment for some "made-up processing fees" or other seemingly reasonable excuses.

But of course, these are just tactics. And, of course, it is very reasonable to fall into such tactics because the reasons are put forward to you in a very reasonable manner.

However, if you look at whole process, and ask yourself how you feel about it, you will know there's something fishy. I am sure you feel something uneasy but perhaps, you have brushed that thought aside because you think you are thinking too much or getting paranoid. But I assure you that you are not.

You see, if it's a normal business, you should be allowed to see the girl in her physical presence. It is very suspicious to have to ask you to make payment first for something you have not even seen.

Just remember simply, it's likely a scam if you are asked to pay for something you have not even seen.

If you are in doubt, feel free to add your comment in this post, or contact me through the contact form provided in the side bar of this blog and I will give you my advice.

You deserve not to be cheated by unscrupulous people.


News Link:

Lured by sex, saved by a 7-Eleven pamphlet
http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/lured-sex-saved-7-eleven-pamphlet

Official Information from the National Crime Prevention Council in Singapore
http://www.scamalert.sg/scams/alipay-scam.html