S’pore Woman Scammed Love Scammer But Was Scammed By Another Love Scammer

Are you into spy movies? Psychological films with intense mind games? What about manga like Liar Game where trickery and deceit overlap and counter one another?

Do you fancy another drama like this? Well then look no further! One took place right here in Singapore, and it’s far more exciting than even local drama series.

I know what you’re thinking – “Zhun bo? Got so exciting meh?”

Ya, really.

Now, before anything, you might want to watch our Oscar-losing film done in collaboration with SPF about love scams in Singapore here:

Now, buckle up.

Woman Meets Man

It all started when a 63-year-old part-time English teacher known as Christina Cheong Yoke Lin met a man known only as Collins in early August 2017 through an online dating platform called Badoo.

She had confided in Collins that she was in debt, and Collins offered her a method to earn money.

She had to allow Collins to deposit money in her account to transfer it to his boss’ associates, and she could keep $500 per transaction.

Unknown to Christina, Collins was actually performing a love scam on another woman who deposited $50,030 into Christina’s account on 17 August 2017.

She felt something was amiss when Collins asked her to transfer $50,000 to his “boss’ associates”, which did not actually exist.

She did not inform the police, but instead, she performed a scam of her own and kept the money for herself.

Yes, the love scammer Collins was just scammed by counter-scammer Christina Cheong.

But wait – there’s more!

Christina herself was in love with another man from Malaysia known as Mark Anthony (No, not Marc Anthony the singer who dated Jennifer Lopez).

On 21 August 2017, Christina transferred $31,000 to him as he claimed that he was detained by Malaysian authorities. And you guessed it – “Mark Anthony” was a love scammer himself.

As for the remaining $19,000 she pocketed, she had spent $1000 on herself from 18 August to 4 September.

What about the remainder? Christina transferred it to various foreign bank accounts under the instructions of a “Chong Lee” who promised her $800,000 for her help.

And you guessed it once more – “Chong Lee” was a scammer too, organising an inheritance scam.

Arrest

Christina Cheong was eventually arrested after the original woman scammed by Collins had alerted the authorities on 22 September 2017. She has since then made full restitution and her defence lawyer had claimed she was suffering for Major Depressive Disorder when she committed the offence.

She is currently out on a bail of $25,000 and will be back in court on June 26.

Crazy, right?

Basically, in a short summary

A woman was scammed by a love scammer, who was scammed by Christina the counter-scammer, but she herself was scammed by another love scammer and an inheritance scammer.

Someone ought to write a novel based on this plot.