Today i went to the Curve and im going back at 5 something.when i was actually walk out of the main entrance and smoking beside maybank.suddenly got 1 INDONESIAN came forward to me and show me his N97mini.he told me this set he steal from nokia centre and offering me 600 only.initially i rejected his offer but he hard sale and reduce the price to rm400 because he need cash urgently.then i was actually walk to maybank and cash out rm400 for him.

When i pass rm400 to him he take out another n97mini white and put it into my pocket and request for another 400 again.i wasnt too excited and calm down thinking bout is it this n97mini genuine?LUCKILY im phone trader and once i checked the phone i realized its china set but its really HIGHLY LOOK ALIKE N97mini.just want to share this experience to all dear lyn members and hope u all wont get cheated by this kind of ppl.

Nice. Lucky he didn't steal your RM400 away Lol!

i return back the phone and he return back my money.he waiting for next ppl to cheat.

Haha, i also kena N96 b4..but more expensive then yours. he con me rm500. What a lesson

he's kinda stupid, if i were him.. i straight away take the 400 and run.. haha
this kind of thing i experience in klcc as well..

if im not phone trader i think i oso kena cheated d.i've been touched so many set of n97mini before,lucky.he still scold me and said it got sirim sticker so its genuine.

u should 1 eye can recognize is real or fake b4 pass him the 400..

what make u notice on the phone that it was a china phone?

he didnt give me much time to see.just let me see the cover and then put into my pocket.he repeat for many times here many ppl....

different os? probably.. but that guy so stupid also.. show sirim then mean original..

the menu key super hard to press.and the camera key is hard too.

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Added on May 15, 2010, 7:44 pmya lo..sirim sticker means original..lol.

This post has been edited by nicholasbeh: May 15 2010, 07:44 PM

i belif that the indon oso dont know that is a fake n97mini.maybe he got it after rob or burglar into sm1 house.

=.=" so you got cheated by your own?

haiyoo,,,, next time try the software and app mah , so u wont get cheated ^__^

I don't think he even had enough time to do so.

u din on the fon n test meh? how rush also need to on it n c mah b4 deal..

this is informative!!!..thanx for sharing...

Next time just throw the fone at longkang..if he reaction big means is real one ^^

haha.. then u need to pay him the actual amount if it is ori

thnx for the info

Thanks for the sharing.....so must be becaful when deal with outside ppl...huhu

u can see these ppl at KESAS RNR as well,usually the phone model is N95 8GB or N96. whenever they approach me i just wave them off without giving them any chance to come near me, believe me,if its ori they better off sells them to phone shop,y bother waiting at the KESAS RNR n try to sell to ppl?

which one is fake ? the 1st one or the 2nd one or both?

my experience was at Pasar Road. Of course the demo set is real but he says he will give a new one to me not the demo one. Luckily I did not buy...

Dont buy stolen set . Later people steal it back ,Better buy expensive phone then sell it back ,then buying cheap phone ,then u get arrested for posessing stolen phone.you may not see/experience/happen to you now,this is just for your security

I guess not only N97 or iPhone...china phones can basically look very similar like a real phone.


When the deal is too good to be true, for sure there is some tricks up the sleeve.

Nice sharing..

Do u look at the back side of the phone (battery side) & battery? The china phone should be look difference with the real phone

This post has been edited by leonlaitl: May 15 2010, 11:36 PM

yup this kind of trick can be found at any petrol station or RnR along PLUS highway.

Differences of china phone and ori only OS je..

not just OS, the hardware also different, the only same thing is the design.

OS just highly look alike.he switch on the phone let me check for few seconds.the battery everything just look alike N97mini.but the button really not that feeling as my experience.usually china clone phone button very hard to press.camera key and volume key oso.then i noticed it.

Yup! My friend got conned at some Petrol Station. Indon guy also. Bought Imitation Iphone at RM800. Didn't know till we told him!!

although i was real phone, pls do buy from these people, don't increase criminal cases again, since we all know the law in force government servant is useless in our country.

as i mentioned,i not really interested with stolen set.they definitely will hard sale and hard push u to buy it..

Nowdays many phones got imitation already.

2 years ago when i was buying a N95 in lowyat plaza i nearly got cheated by a shop.

I did ask around for original and AP price. Back then it was Rm2000+ for ori and RM1600+ for AP set of N95 but when i ask at a shop(more rather a stall) near the corner he offer me RM1200+ for AP set so i was pretty exited but when i look into that phone in detail i found out many funny things. RM1200 for a imitation N95 @__@" and what surprises me was the UI. It looked 98% same as the N95(because i have never own or seen any N95 properly back then)so i went and withdraw money from the ATM and i thought why is there such big difference with the price so i thought it might be a refurbished set. Luckily the end i settled for the RM1600+ AP set. Lucky me lols.. xD

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Added on May 16, 2010, 2:06 amthey cant sell it in phone shops with high price anymore haha..

my friend's phone shop require photostat IC or Passport from foreigner if they wanna trade in phone just incase they are stole set..

He told me that if they dun wanna show IC then he take the phone below RM100 only.

*edit*
nothing comes free and becareful of cheap and tempting offers even from LYN xD

This post has been edited by Vince1991: May 16 2010, 02:07 AM

hope u all share all this info with lyn members.i really hope that everybody know about all our experience and dun repeat the tragedy again.

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Added on May 16, 2010, 2:11 ambut im always offering very super duper cheap phone wo...its genuine too.lol.

This post has been edited by nicholasbeh: May 16 2010, 02:11 AM

same goes for me.. xD
because i believe that if we give super rates to customer they will always be back for more so that we can prolong our business instead of only doing one time business.

we do good things so we feel good and are able to sleep well in the end of the day.

Those who do bad things will get their payback someday and somehow.

This post has been edited by Vince1991: May 16 2010, 02:15 AM

last time my dad kena at Hentian Duta.. ( 2008 )
a Chinese ( no offense ookkay? ) offering a N73 for RM100..
b4 buy he show original phone.. take pics so on..
after my dad giv 100 he swap with a toy phone and my dad didn't check it since in rush..


Edit : wrong phone model

This post has been edited by xsan: May 16 2010, 02:20 AM

wah.wrong phone model somemore??this kind of trick really.....

Sure not offensive at all.. i mean cmon anyone in any race in any religion can be conman right?

But toy phone eh?

*edit*
this topic should be pinned unless there is another similar one pinned already..

This post has been edited by Vince1991: May 16 2010, 02:42 AM

haha , you know i nearly just got cheated by iphone china models.
They told me 300 only because they got too many stocks.
When my father check, trys to open there is no apple logo.
because my father got iphone 3gs.
then they told him that its a china phone.

Got busted then have to tell the truth XD

the indonesian i met got busted liao still said thats genuine n97mini...

even it is an ori set, i wish everyone not to buy... It wiil be an encouragement for robbers and snatchers to continue hurts other ppl to make money.

Do we want to contribute to the increases of robbery and snatchers cases???

as we all know that might be a lil too difficult to resist especially young people..

i mean in a million person who would'nt want a RM400 N97mini? I'd say maybe 1 or 2..

if that n97 mini are genuine, i'd say that 1 or 2 people are facking idiot.

agreed,
a genuine, good and quality gadget/item ain't cheap
money worth for value!
but still got a lot of consumer looking for cheap cheap item to meet their budget, in the end, most of them been cheated which they think the gadget/item meet their budget and they sue/complaint that the whole KL area are the cons business traders.
But still got some brilliant consumers that wont end up like that, but sadly to say, most of them got limited budget only, and they keep sms / pm me and ask me am i willing to sell my Pre-owned N97 Mini (full set with 10months warranty) according their budget!?
OMG....

again, back to track,
dear all consumers
Genuine item/gadget aint cheap (no such as duty free / promotion stuff *really cheap like hell*)
i believe ALL LYN traders are selling with very reasonable price!


peace~

This post has been edited by Moon0126: May 16 2010, 02:09 PM

lol. misquote ftw!

this type of conmen oso exist in lelong & mudah.

they put real life photo of the real phone, but then they sent u fake one.
if the buyer realizes this, they will say 'oh, we wrongly post' & do refund.
if buyer never realizes, then they untung kaw2 liao.
they are verified sellers, thats why people easily trust them.

basically, they just tried out their luck.

hmm..u should know it b4 paying money to him since u r phone trader or dealer.. =.=
remember 1 thing guys, dun loss a big money becoz of saving some small money.. dun greedy la...unless u really pro. =)

i face such thing before. The guy took out an E72. I look at him immediately say dont want. I ask myself got so many fish out there what makes me the lucky 1 to get an original set so cheap?

lol .. u go north south highway alot la at perhentian ....
or kl those petrol station..

ytd i back from ipoh to johor .. when i masuk perhentian got indon also show nokia duno wat model la many keypad 1 ..i shake head only..

last time offer me N95 for 200 .. i also dowan ...

when i want ciao ad .. he come ask 1 more time .. i dowan *** him ...

next time see this kind of people, juz whack them up.

and spend the next day in a lockup?

wow. talking about talk cock.

This post has been edited by cracksys: May 16 2010, 04:03 PM

Thread moved from Mobile Phones and Related Accessories

lol...i at curve yesterday as well..lol..!!!XDD

how to check from inside? how do we know it's real or fake? i mean programs or os?

basically no need to check pun when someone offered u such low price.
If a real n97 can sell at such low price, he can might as well trade in in any local shops.

if people come to me like that..anyhow i won buy from them @.@
sure cheater

I have similar experience @ highway rest area. @@

Highway R&R always got people like this..
also bus stand like Jalan Duta, Pekeliling also got people who try to ask sympathize and selling phone for going back home

most of them are indonesian?