Recently i've been receiving calls from people claiming to be from this 远东集团 with a Taiwanese slang and unknown number saying that they wanted to do a survey as their company is planning to invest into our country to build a holiday resort or somewhat (didnt really bothered to listen carefully as most ppl will think its a scam)....so they asked me a few question and ngah...i answered them pretty hastily...hehe....
But then few days later they called again saying that they wanna gimme a number or a code bcuz their company is having an event on TV and they'll have some sort of a lucky draw? yeah....so they took my Chinese name and gimme a number and i saved it and they urge me to watch the event when its time...and i'm thinking is the channel even available in Malaysia? hahahaha.....(so...i didn't bothered to to ask which channel will it be on and what time will it be showing) XD
And fuh~talking about efficiency...they called me again this morning waking me from my sleep...hng....the following is our conversation on the phone (translated to English as we speak in Chinese originally)....and minus the crap that we chatted...
Me: Hello
Operator: Hello, miss Tai, i'm calling from 远东集团, did you watch the event on TV?
Me: No
Operator: Can u tell me your code so I can check with you?
Me: (checking it on my phone) A51688
Operator: (typing....) ok....congratulations miss Tai, u won our 3rd prize which is HKD 48k...no wonder you didn't called us as other winners from Singapore and Mr. Wong from KL already called us to claim the prizes...
Me: owh....(kinda dull)
Operator: you won our 3rd prize, aren't you happy with it?
Me: i'm still OK...
Meanwhile, her other telephone is ringing so she make me wait and she picked up the phone. Apparently, Mr. Wong "the other winner" called, saying that he received the prize money already and i can hear her talking on the other phone perfectly clear. I'm wondering how do Mr. Wong call her when every time she called there's no number appearing on the phone? (pretty obvious its a scam ady huh?)
After she hang the phone she return back to me.
Operator: so can u tell me the bank account no that you would like us to bank in to?
Me: yeah...sure (giving her the account with minimum amount of money in it and is isolated for a very long time ago)
Operator: ok, can u provide us with your English name and IC no. so that we can verify with the bank....
Me: (hmmm....) ok....(spelling my name and ic no to her)
Operator: TQ, so our lawyer will get started with the process and the money shall be in your account in max 2days time, so u can check with your bank. i might call u later to confirm wit u about.......(i'm losing attention so i forgot...)
And she gave me her name and the telephone no or hotline so i can call her if i would like to contact her for any sort of reason. (so this is when she gives out her no. huh...)So, what can they do while they have my bank account number, my name and my IC number? money laundering?
they can do lots with that 3 information. I'd appreciate it if next time you don't give such information out. :(
ReplyDeletehahaha...yes , darling!!!
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oh ya...fyi, the account is already closed liao de...hehe....
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