Posting this on behalf of a friend who got cheated. Please spread, so that this knnb kia will somehow get shit up his arse.
On the 15th April 2016, I viewed an online posting for a SMART TV on Craigslist. http://singapore.craigslist.com.sg/eld/5543905908.html.
“Vijay” had posted a generic image of the product in its box, along with details of the product, and, only a personal number with a tagline of - "WhatApp Me Here: 9120-4017".
Sent his ID for "assurance".
As so, I contacted Vijay and inquired if the product was in fact still available. Hours later, he replied, saying that it was. During our conversation, he told me that he too sold PS4 game consoles, and thus, I placed an order with him for products totally up to $900. He gave a convincing pitch, saying that they offer free delivery, which could be done within 3 hours of payment. There was no COD delivery available as “his Company” had to process the Sales Invoice, after payment has been made.
As someone who has made online purchases multiple times, internationally and locally, I have actually had transactions that required me to make payment before delivery could be processed. So I complied. “Vijay” claimed that he was operating from the (upon googling, now defunct) GadgetWorld's warehouse at Woodlands Ave 3. Since there was no COD option available, I had to do a bank transfer, which only made it possible for him to process the Sales Invoice and make the delivery. I made the transfer. To POSB account 418-45938-7 Savings, of a different holder name, "Arifur Rahmon".
For the next subsequent hour, he texted me back and forth claiming that his accountant, had to check whether the money was in the bank, which started to raise red flags. I had made an ATM transfer which is an immediate transaction, and recipients would be able to view the amount immediately upon completion of the transaction. He texted me finally, with a long message, saying that his accountant had called the bank (POSB / DBS) and had informed him that their (THE BANK) servers had crashed when I was making the transfer, and the transaction was not successful, and lastly, the golden words of “we did not receive the money you transfer”. “Vijay” conveniently added that the money would be "credited" back into my account back in 48hours. How believable. He then, refused to pick up any calls nor would he agree to any meet ups.
Well, human greed is ugly. “Vajay” kept pestering me for the next 2 days to make another transfer. Pestered to the point whereby he left countless messages and missed calls on my phone from as early to 730am to as late at 11pm. He claimed that just as long as i made the 2nd transfer, they would surely deliver my ordered goods. With the "convincing" clause that he wants the best for his customer, that he just wants to deliver the products, they would deliver the products even at 12 midnight.
I went through the whole painstaking process of calling the bank; even going down to the bank to verify if the transaction had indeed went through. The accountants, whom I spoke to, confirmed that the transaction was successful, that the recipient had received the money. True enough, his word against POSB's, “Vijay” is an outright fraud!!!
POSB wasnt any much help either, claiming to be a bank of Singapore. Ultimately at the bank, the accountant, after consulting with his Manager, could only say, unapologetically - "Sorry we arent able to do anything as this was a voluntary transfer".
WTF, well done stinkapore _|_
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