According to a report in Shin Min, a financial clerk working at Orchard Road Ms. Cheng (23 years old) met her “boyfriend” on a mobile dating application.
“A few days later, I agreed to go out with him. He was very sweet to me, and even told me he wanted to marry me.”
She said that for every date, he would drive a branded car to come and pick her up.
The cars included a BMW, Lamborghini, Mini Cooper and Mercedes.
He claimed to live in one of the Sentosa Cove luxury apartments and liked to collect cars.
On one date, they had a romantic walk at Sentosa Cove, where he pointed to a house being renovated and said it would be where they would live in the future.
On another date, he deliberately let her see his purse had several thousand dollar bills, so she believed he was wealthy.
Soon he began to give all sorts of excuses to borrow money from her, from renovation costs , the balance of the television set , the conflict with the decorators to the other hospital fees, to legal fees and litigation.
Eventually he disappeared without paying back the money.
白领丽人错爱金龟男友,对方天天开名车带她到升涛湾散步,遥指豪宅是爱巢,最后声称钱包弄丢,“十万”火急 ,一个月内骗走她10多万元。
在乌节路上班的财务文员郑小姐(23岁)今年1月26日,通过手机交友应用程序认识“男友”,对方过后频频 约她,要她当女友。
“几天后,我才答应和他出去。他对我甜言蜜语,还说要和我结婚。”
她说,每次约会,他都开名车来载,包括宝马、兰博基尼、Mini Cooper和马赛地,“他自称房地产公司高级职员,家住圣淘沙升涛湾豪华公寓,喜欢收集名车”。
“男友”也曾大清早带她到酒店享用浪漫自助早餐,带她到升涛湾散步,指着一座正装修的豪宅,声称就是他们“ 将来的住家”。
郑小姐说,见面约一星期后,男子某次用餐付款时,故意让她看到皮包里有数张千元大钞,她更信他 是有钱阔少。
不料,当晚回家,郑小姐却接到“男友”紧急来电声称皮包不见,他急需钱付给祖母定做金饰的费用,郑小姐见“ 爱郎”有难,为他先垫4000元。
过后,“男友”开始以各种理由一借再借,包括装修费、订电视机余款、与装修商起冲突后给对方住院费、法律诉 讼费等,要求郑小姐转账或给现金,一个月内跟她拿了10万7000元,她也毫无起疑,有求必应 。
她说,其中10万元是跟家人和朋友借的。但“男友”拿了钱就人间蒸发,手机再也拨不通。
郑小姐悔不当初,钱追不回,还债台高筑,无奈说:“如果当初多想一下,就不会发生这些事了…… ”
她鼓起勇气公开经历,希望有人找到“男友”下落,也警惕他人别再上当。
欠债当阿窿跑腿
依址上门寻找,发现“金龟”连累合伙人入狱,自己却逍遥法外。
郑小姐透露,她屡次要求“男友”还钱,他先还100元,后开了一家公司户头的4000元支票给她,但那是一 张空头支票。
她过后以支票上的公司名字查询,找到注册的老板住家,但老板的太太却说她老公也是受害之人,早前被郑小姐的 “男友”欺骗,借出名字注册租车公司,最后因钱财问题向大耳窿借钱应急。
“但他无法还债,只好当阿窿跑腿,去年11月入狱。”
‘金龟’已破产改名行骗
“金龟骗子”改名行骗,目前是破产商人。
郑小姐根据入狱老板的太太提供的名字再次查询,赫然发现自称是韩国和印尼混血儿的“男友”改名来骗她,他不 仅是道地的新加坡人,且自2011年已破产,尚未脱离穷籍。
她说,名字可以改,身份证号码骗不了,破产那个人的身份证号码,跟“男友”的一样。
此外,她也查到“男友”改名前曾以一家公司的销售总裁接受媒体访问,网络上还有访谈内容,她一眼就认出他, 因此更肯定他改名行骗。
郑小姐已针对此事报警备案,希望能早日找到对方还钱。