My name and contact is secluded due to personal reasons.

Currently this person with the following details is a Cheater/Scammer. Beware of her. This is real and not a drill.

Details:
Name: Tan Mei Wan
<personal details withheld>

The story began like this.
A few days ago , my friends introduced this girl to me.
She acted like a rich person that wanted to start a cell phone business.
The first I time met her , she was already interested in buying a laptop.
So i grab this chance and believed her once, eventually I sold her an Acer laptop worth Rm 3999 .
She gave me a Cheque that was issued with her company stamp "Telecommunication FriendshipCity"
As usual I went to the bank to bank in the cheque and a few days later the bank called me up telling me that the cheque will be returned, because the Company Stamp/Seal/Chop is differs/Irregular.
So i went to her shop and everthing has changed, the owner of the shop said that the girl ran away leaving him alot of Unpaid TNB bill, and a few Months of Rental fee.
I called her many times but in vain, I went to her so called "house" (it was a rented house but she claimed that it was her own) and no one was staying inside.
I asked the neighbour and they gave me the contact number of the owner, the owner called me up and told me that he can't find that girl and once again, she left him alot of TNB bills and the cheques that she issued for the pass few weeks rental was a bounced check.
I hope that all of you will beware of this girl, and please do give me some information if you found her.

This post has been edited by wKkaY: May 13 2006, 02:28 AM

thx for sharing

If thats the case, what makes you think her name and other particulars are correct? Do you have a copy of her identity card? If you do, why dont you go and make a police report?

I'm sorry to hear of your predicament. But thanks for the warning anyway.

Have you tried going to the cops?

This post has been edited by John Chaser: May 9 2006, 01:54 PM

is this the correct section?

Trade Dispute Resolution Corner please

Excuse me for putting my tinfoil hat on, but if you're for real, why don't you give your name as well? How do we know that this isn't really some kind of elaborate ruse or revenge because she dumped you or something equally petty?

umm... sorry to hear about your predicament but why not just lodge a police report?

Actually, this doesnt even belong here
The con didnt involve these forums at all

Perhaps a thread for misc warnings instead would be appropriate

Btw, why the heck did u choose her name as your nick here?
And are u sure those details are correct?
If u didnt see her IC for yourself, it's probably some BS info she gave to her victims

This post has been edited by KilJim: May 9 2006, 11:56 PM

Anyway, the lesson here is, never accept cheques. Cash or credit card is best. If you really trust the person, hold the goods until it clears, tell him/her once the cheque clears he/she can collect it. Is it normal for salesmen to ask for IC numbers though ?

hehe. this thread was initially in RWI.

i think Kopitiam would be a better place but............

Why did you part with the goods, not even knowing if the cheque would clear? Not very smart of you now is it?

You should have taken a photo shot of her or something. But seriously have your reported to police yet?

weird case.

she studied law before
graduated in 1985.

http://www.law.nus.edu/alumni/alumni_directory.asp?Year=1985
scroll down and you will see her name there...

Suree it's the same fella?

Tan Mei Wan isn't an uncommon name. If you saw the IC# before I took it down, you would know that the person in question isn't the same person as that law graduate - she wasn't even in her teens in 1985!

Anyway, this thread's closed as it doesn't involve any trades in our forum.

This post has been edited by wKkaY: May 13 2006, 02:36 AM

Rm 3999 is not alot consider you have learned a good lesson, check is just a piece of paper, not money.

and dont judge people from appearance, that they are rich/poor etc.... bcoz wrong judgment can cause you $$$ too.