Conned of $450 by girl asking for help...what to do?
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This is the problem when kids of today are spending too much time on the internet and chatroom, and the they have lost that animal instint to smell danger and trap.
I am pretty sure many people must have fallen into the trap...especially all the loners who desperately looking for a gf...
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Why didn't you check before you lemd out the $? And even if you did, it might not prove anything....?Originally posted by brazen:Hi, I helped a total stranger or rather an acquaintance met online by lending $450 with the promise that she would pay back by today. As the story goes, she became totally uncontactable after the money went into her bank account and she just logged onto MSN only to quickly log off when I asked her when she would be repaying the money lent to her out of goodwill.
Her handphone never on thereafter, emails sent no reply etc etc.
She gave a fantastic sob story and she sounded pretty convincing about paying back etc.
Now I feel like a total idiot after being kind because she said her mother passed away and the landlord wanted to throw her out etc...when I went to the address she gave, there was a family living in it and not just her and flat mate as she said!
How can I get my money back?
Pls help...
You can try to make a police report...? Even if you can't get yuor $ back, just take it as paying for a lesson learnt? -
Well not really only Kids nowdays also hook on chatroomOriginally posted by Gazelle:This is the problem when kids of today are spending too much time on the internet and chatroom, and the they have lost that animal instint to smell danger and trap.
I am pretty sure many people must have fallen into the trap...especially all the loners who desperately looking for a gf...
even adults or married ones also hook on chatroom...
Can see a lot of married staff in my company so hook
on chatroom .... wow the guy in wat italy so handsome
he want to fly over to meet me or he ask me to go over
and meet him there .....
I mean hahahah come on wake up lar
chat room is just a like a box not reality
So i never feel pity to those who become the victim of
those chatroom or watever
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Sometime man uses the wrong head to think you know..Originally posted by Devil1976:Why didn't you check before you lemd out the $? And even if you did, it might not prove anything....?
You can try to make a police report...? Even if you can't get yuor $ back, just take it as paying for a lesson learnt? -
Treat it as payment for school fees lor..........
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Hi Dude,Originally posted by brazen:Thank you. The funny thing is that she was actually willing to meet in person to collect the cash and write an IOU and so if that were the case, she is really just taking advantage of the situation now. Not very nice...
For your case , may i enquire if the IOU has her ic number , full name and address written on it ? If its written and she has signed on it then you may have a chance of filing a case =) You've got the bank account, go to the cops, they will trace with the bank acct and when 'she retrieve the money either thru atm or counter, there's video cam capturing her looks. This may help ..at least thats what the bank can assist.
Just my 2 cents worth as based on my banking knowledge -
lets curse the gal get raped by a serial rapist n den murdered n body chopped into 88 pieces...
some pieces make into bak kwa
some throw into singapore river, kallang river, macritchie reservoir
some give wild dogs eat
some make into murtabak, curry n kong bak
some throw into dustbin
some buried in jungle....
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Giga, that's her. I checked out the address she gave but seems like wrong...a family stays there.Originally posted by gigabyte14:looks like the pic is frm google?
I think this person preying on those who are being kind should be caught and pay some hard time in prison.
Besides, I believe in karma in that ill gotten money like that won't serve any good in the long run. People who use this type of money end up cursing their own life. They won't last long. -
perhaps that girl might be even a member in
this forum, and she is reading watever we
say or curse her
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Can i borrow $500 from you?
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Only things that are consistent here are the bank account number and mobile number as well as work place.Originally posted by Love Supreme:Mobile No. : 91210188
Bank Acc : POSB 126-49999-0
Address : Blk 187 Punggol Central, #07=269, Cingapore 820187
IC No. : 8410074I
Work Place : AMK Ind Park 2, Seagate
The address and IC are bullshit. -
ok there is one way
call the bank and tell them u transfer the money to an wrong acc number.
they will transfer back to u
happy cny -
Thanks. Will try that option and at same time try to nail this fraudster for good. Soemtimes people don't know who they are screwing around with. They don't know who we know etc etc...
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this is a good option.....faster goto the bank in person and let them know that you intend to transfer to your parent but unknowingly transferred to this wrong acct......btw how old are you?Originally posted by N0body:ok there is one way
call the bank and tell them u transfer the money to an wrong acc number.
they will transfer back to u
happy cny -
You been thoroughly had...!Originally posted by brazen:Hi, I helped a total stranger or rather an acquaintance met online by lending $450 with the promise that she would pay back by today. As the story goes, she became totally uncontactable after the money went into her bank account and she just logged onto MSN only to quickly log off when I asked her when she would be repaying the money lent to her out of goodwill.
Her handphone never on thereafter, emails sent no reply etc etc.
She gave a fantastic sob story and she sounded pretty convincing about paying back etc.
Now I feel like a total idiot after being kind because she said her mother passed away and the landlord wanted to throw her out etc...when I went to the address she gave, there was a family living in it and not just her and flat mate as she said!
How can I get my money back?
Pls help...
Forget trying to do anything about it... treat it as a $450 course in TRUST vs COMMON SENSE. -
treat it as a lesson.. you never get yr money back..
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who u know?Originally posted by brazen:Thanks. Will try that option and at same time try to nail this fraudster for good. Soemtimes people don't know who they are screwing around with. They don't know who we know etc etc... -
the bank later saidOriginally posted by N0body:ok there is one way
call the bank and tell them u transfer the money to an wrong acc number.
they will transfer back to u
happy cny
that a/c closed sir
sorry
then how
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might not even be a "she" in da first place.
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they should still have the record of who this account belongs toOriginally posted by mrsmall:the bank later said
that a/c closed sir
sorry
then how -
take the a/c no n use it buy 4d....
maybe will strike
den will become blessing in disguiise -
the funny thing is, she die die want to meet me
n say i can keep her passport until she return
she even offer to come to my place n handover her passport
but as convincing as it sounds, remember stranger n money dun come together
if a stranger walks up to me n pass me money, i will hesitate to take also -
Like I said, my friend had made a report on her..
Why dont those bros here who ganna con do the same?
Bank a/c and HP num cannot run away... Even if a/c closed also have record..
Even Hi Card also must register...
If more are willing to report, police will take note and take the case more seriously...
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sorry dude this wont work...Originally posted by N0body:ok there is one way
call the bank and tell them u transfer the money to an wrong acc number.
they will transfer back to u
happy cny
for the bank to do that, the bank need consent from both party...
thank you...
Brazen i think the BEST is a police report -
if u transfer wrong n e other party die die dun consent then how?Originally posted by tys:sorry dude this wont work...
for the bank to do that, the bank need consent from both party...
thank you...
Brazen i think the BEST is a police report
he zuan dao ah?