Moral of the story: BEWARE OF MESSAGES RECEIVED VIA THE INTERNET!!!
Here’s what happened.
Below is an email I received. I immediately replied and gave my contact numbers to Mr Lim Kean Chye, whom I have known for years and who is a renowned lawyer and editor of “Penang file,” so he can contact me and for me to send him the 1,300 Pound Sterling he asked for to help him.
YB Thank you for relating such matter to us. I am sure that many people have been conned by such scam. I hope that others will learn about this and not become victims of such ploy.
Beware is the key word. Try to check before you believe anything via the internet.
Thank you
This scam is targeting very specific people and it sounds as if the culprit knows whom you know too.
True, there are many scammers out there. Good that you related your experience here because many get to read it and know these things are real. I too have received similarly worded emails before and thus I knew at first read that its a scam email. Good advise is what you had done….always cross check for independent verification. Cheers.
Usually they will use a member of the family.. Good to call and stay in touch always. Pls take note all the teenagers going to uni out there
It was good for you to highlight such real story in the blog so that people especially teenagers will be careful to respond to emails and other source via the internet.
Beware is the word. I fully agree with Habib Rak that teenagers must take note of such things via the internet.
Good of you to highlight this story. However I honestly think only a moron can consider the email to be genuine. Knowing who Lim Kean Chye is, there is no reason for him to email you. He would have emailed or telephoned his family members. The way the letter was written also indicates that the writer is a semi-literate (in the English language) person, and not the renowned lawyer that Lim Kean Chye is.