Man Reveals How He Allegedly Got Scammed Minutes After He Ignored Police’s Advisory on Sex Scams

The Singapore Police Force might’ve been an enforcement agency in Singapore, but sometimes, we think of them as mothers.

Why?

Because they have wise words to share but some of us think they’re too naggy to listen to…

Until it’s too late.

Like this one man.

Man Allegedly Scammed in ‘Sex For Credit’ Scam

According to TNP, a man revealed how he was scammed because he was thinking with the wrong head.

Wanting to be known only as Mr Tan (and I’m sure we all know why), he said that he was browsing through online classified when he came across an ad.

And it’s not just any old ad.

It’s an ad promising pleasure if you’re ballsy enough to go through with it.

A Student Looking To Earn Some Pocket Money

Mr Tan contacted the “lady” in the ad via WeChat.

She claimed to be a student in Singapore who wanted to earn some money.

Thinking nothing amiss with the situation, he arranged to meet with her at Hougang the next day.

The location they arranged to meet at was near an ATM and two AXS machines.

Police Officers Passing Out Flyers

When he reached the location, two police officers were in the area who passed him a flyer regarding “credit-for-sex” scams.

Unfortunately for him, he felt he knew best and ignored their advice.

Minutes later, he received a call from a man who claimed to be the “big brother” of the lady he was going to meet.

Following which, he transferred almost $700 to the scammers in three different transactions.

Realised Too Late

It was only later when he received a call again, asking the man to make an additional payment, did he realised he was being duped.

Immediately, he made his way to a nearby police station to make a police report.

Needless to say, he didn’t manage to meet the lady.

Credit-For-Sex Scams

There are 533 reported credit-for-sex scams in 2018, which is 28.7 per cent higher than in 2017.

The amount cheated has also increased to about $1.5 million.

And if you’re thinking, people are smarter, think again. It was reported that this year (yes, we’re counting up till April), there are already 253 cases and $450,000 lost to such scams.

And remember, trying to tell the police that you got scammed because you got horny is embarrassing as hell, so there are probably more cases which went unreported.

We felt so strongly about the subject we’ve done a video on the scam together with our friends from the SPF.

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