Someone Impersonated Ah Seng on Facebook, So Ah Seng Took Action

Now, you might be wondering:

Who the heck is Ah Seng? Why would I need to care about Ah Seng? Why did I even click on this article? Is Ah Seng writing this?

To which I reassure you: I’m not Ah Seng. Rather, I’m Ah Hao, but that’s beside the point.

Anyways, the true identity of Ah Seng is actually that of a durian seller, and as the title foretold: he kena impersonated and thus took action.

An absolutely riveting piece of news, huh?

Hey, don’t look at me. It’s that time of the month.

Slow news day. And besides, the story actually gets pretty detailed later on.

What happened?

A durian seller, who used Facebook to advertise his business, called the police after he was impersonated not once, but twice in a single week.

On both occasions, online purchasers had utilised the photos from his Facebook account, Ah Seng Durian, during transactions, leading vendors to come after him for “payment”.

Mr Xuwen Yang, 30, who operates the business told Lianhe Wanbao that a vendor had called his sister, saying that he had bought a ‘Hello Kitty’ pencil case and a music box online.

In response, Mr Yang’s sister hung up, suspecting that it was a scam.

She later told Mr Yang that the person seemed “insistent” on making him pay, but did not speak of how much he owed exactly.

On Saturday (20 Jan), a Thai amulet seller direct messaged him, asking for payment.

Shocked and confused, Mr Yang asked his family members if they had bought anything online, and they confirmed that they didn’t.

He proceeded to contact the amulet seller, Royston Royston, and discovered that the buyer had ordered via Facebook.

Upon further investigation, he realised that imposters had used his father’s photo to set up a fake Facebook account. He then reported the case to Facebook and called the police.

DM-ing Facebook’s founder

Mr Yang told reporters that the fake account had “over 200 Facebook friends”, and even shared a mutual friend with him.

It was only after interacting with that specific mutual friend that he realised that even the mutual friend had been fooled by the fake.

Feeling that the incidents have impacted his business’ reputation, he uploaded a post on Sunday (21 Jan) to clarify everything:

Mr Yang has also messaged Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, in regards to the incident:

Termination

According to Stomp, reporters tried contacting the imposter on Facebook but discovered that the account has been terminated following Mr Yang’s report.

The police have confirmed that a report was lodged, in response to media queries.

Incidentally, individuals found guilty of identity theft can be jailed up to 5 years, fined or both.

Impersonation

Now, I might not be the wise old man himself, but I’m pretty sure impersonation’s wrong.

As a result, please do not do it guys. And leave the Ah Sengs alone.

On another note, I hope that their durian business would continue to thrive in spite of this latest cock-up.

Jiayou, Ah Seng!

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This article was first published on goodyfeed.com

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Featured image: Facebook (Ah Seng Durian)