Nothing is FREE !
A : “Hi aunty, I am from XXX, travel agency at Hong Kong. You are so lucky. You know what you won a grand prize from us. It is HKD 25k.â€
Mum : “Really, I am so lucky!â€
A : “We need to send the money to you now. Please let us know your Account No. Besides that, you have to send us HKD 7500 which is a process fees that we need to transfer your money from Hong Kong to Malaysia. Don’t worry. We will pay you back the HKD7500 together with the cash that you won.â€
The above conversation was created by me based on what my mum told me.
My mum told me that few days ago she received a phone call from Hong Kong telling her that she won a grand prize which was HKD 25k on a travelling package. Obviously, this was a trap to cheat money.
I read a news from newspaper Malacca on the similar case too as an old lady about 70 was cheated by the same agency about RM8300. Poor old lady.
Everything that you need you have to work hard for it. Remember, there is no FREE LUNCH for you ! Nothing is FREE !
I found bengbeng also wrote this..




October 4th, 2007 at 8:56 am
ha ha, almost same as kennysia’s incident..
keeyit || Bad hor this kind of people..
October 4th, 2007 at 9:10 am
my mum too just went through the same thing. she didn’t bother and ended the call
keeyit || Yeah, my mum knew that was a trap, and she ended the call also.
October 4th, 2007 at 9:59 am
All these cheater just love to ‘con’ old folk….my parent in law received such calls too!
keeyit || Yeah, that poor old lady so cham..
October 4th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
a lot of such calls from China lady nowadays. be careful
keeyit || I think may be they have such a call center in Malaysia just keep calling.
October 4th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Don’t they have something new to cook up?
Hope nobody falls for them anymore!
keeyit || Although they used “old” trick method, people still being cheated..
October 4th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Pay lar, who knows you really get HKD25K?! Big money!
keeyit || Haha..you are so bad..
October 4th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
i had one call from a Chinese lady earlier who told me that i convicted some offence or something.. and i needed to go the high court or something.. i didnt really get what the lady was saying as her accent was TOO much, though *LOL* beware of these prank callers
keeyit || Haha.. You told them, learn english or cantenese first ! hehe
October 4th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
I got that kind call once, I told her, “Thank you, I give d money to you, monkey dun need money. I want bananas!”
keeyit || :D, Ohh.. This is good too they may wonder are they talking to a human or monkey … Hehehe…
October 4th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
I received sms and calls from them too. This kind of cons scheme have been publicized so much but there are still many peeps who fall in to the trap.
Lets find a way to con them back. Use all heads to think of a way.
keeyit || You cool~
October 4th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
We don’t need to pay for luck. If they really want to get rich, try blogging!
keeyit ||
Smart ya..
October 4th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Lol, those sindicates are more and more popular nowdays..
keeyit || Yeah, alot of cases already..
October 4th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
i got that too earlier in july but i told the person, “Sorry, I don’t speak Chinese” in my Aussie accent and they hung up on me!
keeyit || Haha.. ask them to learn English first ya..
October 4th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
Heard that over the news every single days but it’s to my surprise after so many things happen, still got people fall into this. maybe they dun read that much
keeyit || I wonder too
October 4th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
its usually the older folks who will fall into those traps, so hv to prewarn my parents “Dont get tempted and reveal any information ok!” That poor ah ma, $8300, could be all her life saving even..sigh
keeyit || Pity that poor AH MA..
October 4th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Haha… I can’t believe there are people who get cheated this way. I like your frogs analogy… haha…
keeyit || Thank You !
October 4th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Wonder how they get our phone number.
keeyit || Through yellow pages.. they always target on those house phone numbers.
October 5th, 2007 at 5:18 am
these people should b stopped. they are cheating the innocent
keeyit || Government should find out where the source of those calls..
October 5th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
And whatever which is free is poisonous!
keeyit || You r RIGHT ! Where got free things drop from the sky for you.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Ah those things are just bullshits lah! I hung up on them few times already!
keeyit || Oh God, they called you few times some more..
October 5th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
At least they still call you. In here there are people who go from door to door and giving quiz then suddenly say that you win a free trip to abroad then ask you to pay some sort of money and give you a non working voucher.
keeyit || wah.. come from door to door.. We must take more attention on those door to door sales person. Better do not talk to them.
October 7th, 2007 at 8:07 am
my cousin and aunty also kena this call about winning the money. my aunty one, they call her house, after speaking a while on the phone, only my aunty’s lightbulb lighted up, she told the lady she busy and will call her back later. next few days, they’ve been calling her non stop. so cham.
it’s a hit there in Malaysia. i hope ppl will notice by now that this is a scam!
keeyit || Yeah.. People please to be aware on this !
October 11th, 2007 at 1:32 am
That’s horrible about the elderly lady. Your mum didn’t fall for the trap did she?
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October 11th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
celaka-la… try to con ppl like that. some more old ppl!! wtf!!