I have been seeing an increasing posts on social networking sites relating how they had been scammed by these so-called online scammers. The reason why these scammers are so successful and convincing is because they are able to provide Singapore account number and emails that is seems like some local Singaporean Chinese due to the dialect names.
Reading numerous reviews on Hardware Zones, Facebook as well as Blogs sharing experiences on scams, we came to understand that there are three types of people that are being cheated.
First, they will entice you with free advertisements classified sites like Locanto, Singapore Classified, Hard Ware Zone and so on, to post very lowly priced mobile phones or tablets like Samsung Note 3, iPhone 5S, iPad Mini and so on. One would which would cost very cheap price like $300 to $700. Very unbelievable price. It is almost like they are Apple Inc.
They will subsequently tell you after 2-3 days that your shipment has been wrongly sent. There were like 6 more iPhones, 4 more iPads and so on packed in the same package. They threatened that if you do not send them more money, your stock would not arrive.
Then came the custom issue. Sometimes, it would be at Turkey. But most of the times, the custom issues happened at Malaysia. Very strange if you like to import things into Singapore. Its through Cargo Complex Changi or PSA. Who sent items through Malaysia-Singapore Customs. They will demand for more money. Most people stop here, but there were still some that still fall into the scam and paid more.
If the above happens to you, you have been utterly scammed.
UNSUCCESSFUL BUYER / BECOME AGENT WITH YOUR iBANKING ACCOUNT
When they get unsuccessful buyers, they will give a counter offer stating that they will offer you a job as an agent. All you need to do is to email your account to this usually, American guy. They are likely to be from Nigeria, but there is really no indications on that. Anyway, you will receive 10% from the amount that has been transferred to your account and remitted to Nigeria or U.K, or wherever they stipulated.
What this means is that, your account is being used for the cheating or scamming of the victim. Think again.
I strongly believe that this scam is orginated from the same people who started the MTECHLTD or EPlanet Ltd. Please see the following links for references.
