IRC Scams

[rayspore]

It seems other the the "transfer $ first" scam, another kind is emerging.

After chatting on irc and discussing terms and conditions like no bj etc.
The girl will send you nice pictures and arrange to meet.
Then she will say she is doing it as her boyfriend needs $ urgently.
So she will go down with her bf or her bf will book the room etc.
Bottom line is she will ask you to meet but pass the $ to her bf first then
proceed to do. She will even be around when you pass the $ to her bf.


Beware...

you figure out the scam.

[HeadOn]

not only this kinda sex scam..any kinda deals that require you to transfer $$ to an a/c 1st are all scam...

all bros n sis pls beware....no see goods give $$ 1st, where got suck kinda deals??...

[rayspore]

hi
sorry my post was not clear.
i edited it.
in this case both the bf and the gal will be present
at the meeting place.
you pass the $ physically to the guy..

seems like ok since you get to see the gal around.

[BigGuy]

well if u r willing to pay for IRC gal who goes down w her BF, mite as well play it safe go look for WL.....dun have to worrie scam or knn blackmail also.

[HeadOn]

hi
sorry my post was not clear.
i edited it.
in this case both the bf and the gal will be present
at the meeting place.
you pass the $ physically to the guy..

seems like ok since you get to see the gal around.

i still smell a rat here...cos in the 1st place i dun believe they're real couple..not long ago i rem seeing an article on those case..end up its a robbery scam....pls beware..

[powerguy]

beware guys... it not only happen in IRC but chatline also... they got alot way to get money no only thru transfer money... but ask u to wait in room then get money to pay the taxi or OKT... then she won't appear again just run away...

[Cheri_Popper]

There are always people trying to make a fast buck in cyber.

Just to share a story.

I was making an Accident Report in Sembawang NPC 2 days ago. While making the report, one M/Chinese about mid 20's came into the NPC and sat in the next counter beside me. This guy was telling the officer that he got to know a girl thru friendster in May 05 and that the girl needed some $ for an operation in a local hospital. He transferred $2K into an account number given by her. She had promised to return him the $ in early June 05. Till now, she has yet to return the loan. This guy had even call up all the hospitals in SG and KL (She claimed that she is from KL) and gave them the girl's NIRC (Fake or real - I don't know). All the hospitals replied that they do not have a patient by that name or bear the NRIC number. He added that he had never met or seen the girl before.

The officer then lodged a Police Report for him. I could sensed that all the officers present and myself were laughing at his stupidity inside.

You be the judge of this case. My 2 cents worth is that never "loan" or "transfer" any $ if you do not know the person personally or directly. This guy is too naive to have trusted her.

This is a case of Fradulent Debtor(If the girl exsist) and will be reclassified as Cheating (If the girl does not exsist)

[MoonBlaze]

Anything with transfer/pay first is a potential scam.
Never do it. Worst come to worst, no deal. Put some common sense into one's brain and think rational.

[JIKED D]

recently got a 10 odd years fren wanted to borrow money from me, i found it hard to lend it to him partly becos i dont have that much and when i was still in school, had a few frens who borrowed few K from me each but all nevre bothered to return so kinda sian that the same thing will happen ... it's sad to see frens who borrow money and dont return .. what is worse that they avoid u like disease siah

dont need to even mention abt a stranger that i met online ... will never lend money to them

money once lend out can consider it lost and bad debts liao :(

[fun4evergood]

recently got a 10 odd years fren wanted to borrow money from me, i found it hard to lend it to him partly becos i dont have that much and when i was still in school, had a few frens who borrowed few K from me each but all nevre bothered to return so kinda sian that the same thing will happen ... it's sad to see frens who borrow money and dont return .. what is worse that they avoid u like disease siah

dont need to even mention abt a stranger that i met online ... will never lend money to them

money once lend out can consider it lost and bad debts liao :(

wah....u so rich...when still in school can lend frens a few K....impressive....mind to lend me some...me in financial crisis.....give u some rep point in return ??

:D

[CNNcmg]

There are always people trying to make a fast buck in cyber.

)

I just heard that one guy got con by a ger up to a tune of 30K just recently...
All over some sob stories.... sighz

[fun4evergood]

I just heard that one guy got con by a ger up to a tune of 30K just recently...
All over some sob stories.... sighz

its a world of mess.......gals out to con guys' money....guy out to con gals' body.....guess who is the winner ?? :)

[vesfreq]

dont need to even mention abt a stranger that i met online ... will never lend money to them

money once lend out can consider it lost and bad debts liao

The ultimate one was my schoolmate. He refused to lend me even 10 bucks. During those days when I had my old cyberway account, I needed money to pay off my bill. Cyberway didn't give me deadline, so I turned to him for some 10-20 dollars. He turned me down flat. Days later, when I talked to him, he complained that he lent out 200++ dollars to an irc girl whom he had never met before. Its serious Bu****#$it. The last time he told me that he couldn't collect back his money. :cool:

Anyway, lending money is always sensitive issue. Best is don't even lend or borrow. Can lend games and books, but money is always a no-no.

Even that time when I wanted to borrow only 30 bucks, my friend (father owns an established company) turned me down and passed an excuse that he needed to pay his insurance.

Lesson learnt is that always have a stash of money in your DBS/POSB. Never rely on friends. Your best friends are your worst enemies. Only the people whom you don't like are trustworthy.... ironically.

Only when one is in sh*t, will he find good reliable friends.

As for girls, only in good times will they find "good boyfriends and husbands". In bad times, they only find men who are never rich but love them like mad.

Today, the only people who owe me money are my lunch kaki.

[Deathknight1031]

True once you lend your friends $, don't expect the $ will fly back to you wallet hor cause it is very rare for nowaday....

[deztiny]

well... it depends from one person to another mah... Cuz frens oso got different "levels"... some which u think u cant trust, and some that you're not so sure of...

[Sure2C]

True once you lend your friends $, don't expect the $ will fly back to you wallet hor cause it is very rare for nowaday....
Not oni frd...relative oso...haiz...

[baby]

well... it depends from one person to another mah... Cuz frens oso got different "levels"... some which u think u cant trust, and some that you're not so sure of...


Well me also kana b4 lend my friend for 500 first at tht mth. Later he came back to me n ask again so I lend him 1K due to his mom in hospital which is the truth.

But after 4mths later he change his hp num n act blur call his house n he say where got dont con him lei from tht day on i swear i wont lend a single cent out :mad:

[fun4evergood]

But after 4mths later he change his hp num n act blur call his house n he say where got dont con him lei from tht day on i swear i wont lend a single cent out :mad:
sad to hear that.....me also encounter this kind of "unpleasant" situation many times......wat to do...."friends are meant to be conned"..... :o

[cheersMike]

sad to hear that.....me also encounter this kind of "unpleasant" situation many times......wat to do...."friends are meant to be conned"..... :o


ya true also.. but i believe nt everybody is like that... for example.... few year back i lent my close friend ard 2k to clear his soccer debt... but we still meet up every week... +++ cock sing song like he never own me money like that.. eventually he took abt 1 year to return that amt... then 1 year back i got into some finicial problem... and it was his turn to help me liao... so must see where ur friendship stand lor

[fun4evergood]

ya true also.. but i believe nt everybody is like that... for example.... few year back i lent my close friend ard 2k to clear his soccer debt... but we still meet up every week... +++ cock sing song like he never own me money like that.. eventually he took abt 1 year to return that amt... then 1 year back i got into some finicial problem... and it was his turn to help me liao... so must see where ur friendship stand lor

Truly sincere and good friends are hard to find nowadays.......sad....wat had the society had becomes ?

Back to the topic...... I never trust or bonk IRC gals.......most of them are "con man".....be careful....... :o

[nakamara]

ya true also.. but i believe nt everybody is like that... for example.... few year back i lent my close friend ard 2k to clear his soccer debt... but we still meet up every week... +++ cock sing song like he never own me money like that.. eventually he took abt 1 year to return that amt... then 1 year back i got into some finicial problem... and it was his turn to help me liao... so must see where ur friendship stand lor

yeah...i've had my fair share of unpleasant encounters too...although i've quite a number of friends...the only one i'll lend money to is one that lent me the whole of this first month pay to help me pay my ex-gf's abortion thing...i took quite long to return him but he also didn't make noise although he doesn't have much money himself...that's what i call real brothers man.

Thru money...you can differentiate the good friends from the bad.

[Deathknight1031]

That show that out of 10 friends only 1 friend will bother to return the $, the rest of the 9 "so call" friends treat it as you give them the $ not lend them the $

[nakamara]

Got once even more kue yan...i remember i was a thurs night quite a few years back. I was having cash flow prob towards the end of the month n need money quite urgently. I called my friend n ask he got money lend first or not he say he ownself also fucking poor not enuff buy cigs and eat blah blah la. Den LL lor...after that got another friend lending me and he ask me go down sparks disco get from him cuz he'll be getting cash from selling some 'stuffs' there haha...ok lor went down with 2 friends and as u know there's a BOSS Ktv/niteclub there mah...guess who i saw man...i saw my 'friend' whom i actually wanted to borrow money from. knn sibeh tulan i go confront him den he was already quite high and he mumbled that his friend treating him he nv pay at all these crap la. Can fucking tell he's lying. That day is the end of our (fake) friendship.

[fausto]

I called my friend n ask he got money lend first or not he say he ownself also fucking poor not enuff buy cigs and eat blah blah la. Den LL lor...

guess who i saw man...i saw my 'friend' whom i actually wanted to borrow money from. knn sibeh tulan i go confront him den he was already quite high and he mumbled that his friend treating him he nv pay at all these crap la. Can fucking tell he's lying. That day is the end of our (fake) friendship.

A true friend or a real brother is someone who is willing to lend you money.

A fake friend is someone who goes out to have a good time with his own money and doesn't lend any to you.

So if your friend needed money and you didn't want to lend him any because you have been planning to go out and have a good time, would you tell him you're a lousy friend?

[Tai_zi21]

Haha From IRC Scams Change to Friends Lending $? wah ur guys sure change topic fast man!

But $ is always a senstive issue lar to most ppl or should i say all ppl out there!

I dun mind ppl returning late but at least pls inform lor! at least u know mah! But at the end of the day i guess it how strong ur friendship is based on lar! If i lend a friend $50 and he can act blur,well i can only say this friend is cheap lor! only worth $50 nia! if $50 can see ur true colours? why not?

[singlun]

Haha From IRC Scams Change to Friends Lending $? wah ur guys sure change topic fast man!

But $ is always a senstive issue lar to most ppl or should i say all ppl out there!

I dun mind ppl returning late but at least pls inform lor! at least u know mah! But at the end of the day i guess it how strong ur friendship is based on lar! If i lend a friend $50 and he can act blur,well i can only say this friend is cheap lor! only worth $50 nia! if $50 can see ur true colours? why not?

Nowadays quite a few of such cases..."lend" $ to pple from IRC or friendsters,but never even seen their faces.These pple are damn stupid,brainless and wasting tax-payers' $ bugging matas over their own stupidity.They are worse than the aunties/old grannies who buy 'special blessed stones','paper-turned-$$' and 'lock valuables in bag to remove curse' schemes.At least these old pple are not educated.But those stupid guys who fell for irc/friendster tricks?3 words to describe them: Serve You Right!

I agreed with what Tai_zi21 wrote: "I dun mind ppl returning late but at least pls inform lor!" Though I had never failed to get back money I loaned,but I have such a hard time getting back.They are my colleagues,whom I worked with for quite a few years.I loaned them $1k each,one after another,no questions asked.I guessed I'm the only silly chap who responsed to their SOS.By the deadline they gave me,still no mention of returning $,I sms & called.No reply and no pick up calls.I would be understanding and would extend the deadline if they had show sincerity to return my $.But no.Instead, gave me excuses,what internet transfer from bank A to bank B takes a few days,his cheque bounced etc.This makes me more determined to get back my money.Finally my patience ran out,and I threatened to report them our superiors(Military laws forbids oweing more than a specific amount of $,or else get charged.).Then almost immediately,they pay me back.But the trust is already gone from there onwards.

Always be wary of pple who wants to borrow $,esp those u barely knew or not closed with.Give excuses,or play ninja,and avoid their calls.If they say things like "you earn so much,lend me some lah"...shoot back with "I don't earned money to lend you!!"
If,for some reasons you have to help him,lend only an amount you can afford TO LOSE.And make sure you know his background,like where he works and lives,know his family members for long time already(who knows,he may get pple to act as his bro or sis,just to con u to part with the $.if possible,secretly monitor for a few days).When giving him the $,make sure the process is traceable,e.g, bank transfer,cheque or a witness to prove u indeed pass him the $.It may seems naive wth these,or tedious,but trust me,when u had trouble getting back your $,u will realised what is true tedious,and regret never take such precautions.

Last but not least,and in fact the most IMPORTANT: DO NOT,NEVER,DON'T agree to be guarantor or lend $ from other pple to help him,no matter how much assurance he gave u!If the next day he kena ran over and died,then u have to pay back for him!!Thats when he "go to Heaven and be angel", and you "go to Hell and be burnt"!!

[CNNcmg]

I dun mind ppl returning late but at least pls inform lor! at least u know mah! But at the end of the day i guess it how strong ur friendship is based on lar! If i lend a friend $50 and he can act blur,well i can only say this friend is cheap lor! only worth $50 nia! if $50 can see ur true colours? why not?


Agree with what you say man.....

Most important is the person after that tells you regularly that they still remember they otang u and is still unable to pay now due to.....

At least when they want to return time, we have the option to say nvm, keep it loh.

Those that act blurr and then got money to cheong but no moeny to pay are the worst type...