Hello?

(in mandarin) "hello, i'm calling to do a survey... what kind of mobile phone are you using?"

Sounds familiar? If you read the ST (a week ago i think), this is a prelude to a scam. So before i read it on the ST (still a few more weeks before), i received such a call. No caller ID, and strange was, the caller didn't know my name, yet, they spoke to me in mandarin.. (in which clearly there is a strong accent from some country far away)as if i comfirm will understand, the speaker proceeded. So i wondered what the heck she (it was a lady caller) wanted, and i "entertained" her with the "survey".. the questions asked was very funny at certain point, because IMO, i don't think she really bothered with the answer i gave. I think she wasn't even taking note.. coz i anyhow answer 1.. haha.. and if she asked which telecom my hp was with, even if i answered "sunpage", i don't think she care too.

So after a few minutes, she concluded the survey and asked for my name.. then i said, "sorry, not convenient to give.." Suddenly, her tone changed.. and then she explained why she needed my name.. lol.. i think if i have given her any name, i would soon received a call telling me that i've won some lottery in some far away country. Then i would wonder why the caller knows me.

Just find that some people are very unscrupulous.. maybe i've wronged the caller.. maybe not. LOL.. and i'm quite certain that i've not. So in ST a week ago, one lady was conned SGD 61,000 by such calls.. imagine.. and reading through, found it quite unbelievable.. i mean, how can they be so evil? And the stories they've made up.. wow.. i think they can be script writters le.. and they all started with a survey...

Then the another story was being shown on channel 8 "frontline".. similar case, and a guy was conned off quite a bit.. i forgot the amount, but after the victim realised the scam, he stopped sending money over.. then after a few months, another caller posing as a police inspector offered the help him "recover" the amount scammed.. yes.. it involves more cash to be remitted to facilitate the "recovery process". You really think so? LOL.. unless it means recover their pockets.

They are just so evil.. took advantage of human nature to profit from it. Next time i sure kap their phone 1.. mei li mao jiu mei li mao.