23YO Woman Sentenced To 13 Months Jail For Cheating S’poreans Again & Again on Carousell

I‘ve many chronic fears: a hand sliding up from my toilet bowl and wiping my ass for me, Voldemort popping up in my room and saying that I’m the chosen one and the Government drafting me in for another mandatory 2-year National Service period are just some of them.

Yet, none, none of them comes close to this particular fear of mine:

Being cheated on.

Indeed, being cheated on is a feeling so tense, so abhorrent, that I can’t help but-

Editor: Wait, you talking about relationships or what?

Well, that’s one thing. But no, I’m actually talking about being cheated of my money. Because while heartbreaks are repairable, moneybreaks aren’t.

And honestly, as I perused this particular article…

I couldn’t help but empathise with the victims.

What happened?

According to Lianhe Zaobao, a 23-year-old woman, Feng Simin, claimed to have Rolex watches and event tickets for sale but did not fulfil her end of the bargain after payment.

She was subsequently sentenced to 13 months in jail, after pleading guilty to 32 counts of cheating on 18 Jan 2019.

Apparently, Feng had listed items such as JJ Lin concert tickets, F1 tickets, National Day Parade tickets, Rolex watches and gaming consoles for sale on Carousell.

After buyers express interest, she would then request them to bank transfer her first, but she never honoured the transactions. Two buyers who bought JJ Lin concert tickets expressed that they collected an envelope containing a piece of blank paper from Feng.

Yeah, it’s the typical scam that we’ve been trying to educate our readers / viewers about through our videos that we’ve done with SPF:

And people still got scammed -_-

Web of shadows

Following user complaints, Carousell was forced to take action, suspending Feng’s account in the process.

However, like the #tryordietrying implies, Feng didn’t give up and created a new account.

In total, a whopping 28 victims lodged police reports from July 2017 to October 2018, stating that they had been scammed by Feng, who was unemployed during that period of time.

The victims lost $5,855 in all.

Apparently, despite being charged in court on 17 August last year, Feng had continued to defraud victims while out on bail. She has since expressed that she regretted her actions, and put them down to a moment of folly. During her sentencing, she also said that she had learnt her lesson.

Outrage

After the revelation, Netizens were, for lack of a better phrase, pretty disgruntled.

Very disgruntled actually.

There were also a couple of comments that bordered on the offensive, though I’ve neglected to incorporate them for obvious reasons.

However, there was a single comment that implied the contrary.

Betting a cookie that it’s subtle sarcasm.

And with that said…

I really don’t think it’s a good idea to scam people of their money. After all, the sentence is kinda too harsh to merit what you’ve earned.

Though of course, that doesn’t mean you can go around cheating in relationships either. Granted, the heart can always be healed…

But the scar will probably remain forever. – Typical K-Drama 2019