Just recently, I have been scammed by someone online who was trying to sell me a phone. Overcome by the greed to enjoy a great bargain and probably impatient to get hold of the good deal, I was not as careful as I should have been and lost close to a thousand dollars just like that.
When I called the police about how I can lodge a report, I enquired more details about how the law can help me. The policeman was a really nice friendly chap and he told me that even if I lodged a report, the chances that I can get the money back is slim (because I paid via Western Union). I understand that but I wanted to report to the police because I wanted other people to know about it and not fall for the trap. However, I was told that the police already did extensive work to inform the public about the various types of scams being done but still every year, tonnes of pple are being scammed.
I suspect though that the figures are much higher than the police know because for fear of being labeled stupid of for fear of getting into trouble, lots of people do not report their cases to the police.. especially if the amount lost is only a few hundred dollars. But for the conmen, 100 x a few hundred dollars is a five figure sum of easy money.
By now, I have accepted that I will never get this amount of money back from them. That’s no problem cos money can be easily earned. I have also accepted and given up my naïve and false hopes of the phones ever being delivered to me.
Rightfully so, the next step is to move on and move forward. I have learnt a valuable lesson about how scams work and just to pay it forward, I would like to journal it down so that it can help other people avoid this path that I took.
If you would like to find out about my experience of scam involving the website: http://www.insing.cc.co/ and the people named Aaron Jing Yang, Jesse Chong, Jessica Chong with the email addresses, singmobiles@hotmail.com, singmobiles@insing.com, read on...
Love
Angel
Read on..
When I called the police about how I can lodge a report, I enquired more details about how the law can help me. The policeman was a really nice friendly chap and he told me that even if I lodged a report, the chances that I can get the money back is slim (because I paid via Western Union). I understand that but I wanted to report to the police because I wanted other people to know about it and not fall for the trap. However, I was told that the police already did extensive work to inform the public about the various types of scams being done but still every year, tonnes of pple are being scammed.I suspect though that the figures are much higher than the police know because for fear of being labeled stupid of for fear of getting into trouble, lots of people do not report their cases to the police.. especially if the amount lost is only a few hundred dollars. But for the conmen, 100 x a few hundred dollars is a five figure sum of easy money.
By now, I have accepted that I will never get this amount of money back from them. That’s no problem cos money can be easily earned. I have also accepted and given up my naïve and false hopes of the phones ever being delivered to me.
Rightfully so, the next step is to move on and move forward. I have learnt a valuable lesson about how scams work and just to pay it forward, I would like to journal it down so that it can help other people avoid this path that I took.
If you would like to find out about my experience of scam involving the website: http://www.insing.cc.co/ and the people named Aaron Jing Yang, Jesse Chong, Jessica Chong with the email addresses, singmobiles@hotmail.com, singmobiles@insing.com, read on...
Love
Angel
Read on..
- My experience of being scammed
- Step 1: Post ads online
- What their ads look like:
- What it usually entails
- If it is too good to be true, it probably is a scam
- Step 2: prompt you to contact them
- Step 3: Prompt you to transfer money
- Step 4: Police Reports
- List of scams/Alias
- How you can avoid scams
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