Hi - A moderator has just informed me regarding this thread.

I understand that someone has been claiming to be me / claiming a friendship with me. Please do get in touch with me if you need any assistance / if you think I can be of help.

For your information, I do not recognize the names of the persons where the funds were supposedly sent to.
p.s. As previously noted to everyone who has dealt with me before, I only deal with transfers to my CIMB account. I only communicate via LYN - I do not use Skype, Instant Messenger services, etc. Do not trust anyone who uses those methods claiming to be me.

Dear ilovevs,

I have been doing some investigation, and it appears this Ng Sze Kiat has a history of fraudulent behaviour. Please refer to the following thread. http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/585654/+720

Post #725 has similar details, including a listed office address?

I am glad Digi implemented the rule where they had to have all numbers registered. Looks like this person has the exact same identity and address as a previous scam artist.

Dear iloveyouvs and babybeez, I found a very good recap at http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/595162

You can use some of the facts there to base your template police report tomorrow.

This post has been edited by Playbook: Jul 13 2008, 09:50 PM

Note: You will need your actual IC to register with DIGI.

I predict this is going to snowball. I am planning to check out his place with others.

Ilovevs and Babybeez, have put in links to where he stays at.

This post has been edited by Playbook: Jul 14 2008, 07:45 AM


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Wacky-Angel & Spikeee,
Your queries are valid re: revelation of his info by DIGI.

However, the important issue here is the fact that someone committed criminal fraud.
Let us not get caught up with how his personal information got divulged by a telco. After the fraud is resolved, and the refunds are addressed, we can separately deal with the second instance.

The important thing is to now catch this fraudster. Someone may claim that someone else stole Ng's IC to set up this DIGI account. Let me tell you this, there's no way he could have figured out that his customer information would have been revealed by DIGI - it's hidden. If you ask for it, DIGI will not release it to you. So, this fraudster did not expect that someone would gain access to his personal DIGI account information.

This fraudster has a demonstrated pattern of fraud. I will not let this rest, even though he did not defraud me. I will not let this rest, not until he has reimbursed in full to the victims. And I will certainly not let this rest, not till I see justice done in full.

So far, I have personally contacted everyone on the Strongbaby thread to start building information on where the funds are being sent from. In about half an hour's time, the police report will be filed by the 2 victims in this case. I will also be going over to this guy's place sometime this week. There are also other actions I am going to suggest to the victims to take with the banking and police authorities. This matter will not rest until the victims see justice served.

This post has been edited by Playbook: Jul 14 2008, 01:24 PM

Just to correct this point above. Legally, it shouldn't be possible. There is no way you can legally extract a customer's personal information from DIGI without the sanctioning of the authorities at the very least (e.g. court order). Even the police cannot just call up and ask for it. The police would have to get an extract of the official report over to DIGI, and it would have to be approved by DIGI's internal legal counsel before such information is released. There is no reason for anyone to expect that his/her information would be accessed at all. After this case is resolved, we can deal separately with the matter of how the customer information is accessed.

The important thing here is this - if you are aware of the names of the people in the bank accounts used for the fraud (or if you aware of someone who knows about it), and if you would like to assist the victims in this case, please help. Please inform the victims i.e. ilovevs and babybeez. Please help the victims seek a fair and complete reimbursement of their losses.

The bank accounts involved in the fraud are:

Name : Yong Wei Kent
Ambank account : 0760010045464

Name : Chang May Key / Chang May Kee
Maybank account : 164146476555

If you know of the people above, they may be unsuspecting participants in this fraud. Please help the victims get in touch with them.

Stopping fraud (any fraud) is not a matter for one, or two, but a matter for the whole community. The actions we take today, will help stop the fraud of tomorrow.

This post has been edited by Playbook: Jul 14 2008, 10:50 PM

Aspire2006, thanks for the comment. As I mentioned before, the issue present here is not how the information was accessed.

The issue at hand is that criminal fraud was committed by someone to deprive 2 people of their hard-earned cash. If you can help the parties recover the funds, that's much appreciated.

I have already received a lot of supportive PMs from the aggrieved parties on the strongbaby thread, so I am very glad to know that the LYN community at large is very supportive of helping out and combating fraud.

If you do have any positive suggestions, or information that the 2 victims can act upon, that would be much appreciated.

p.s. aspire2006, what kyLL said is correct. Would suggest you do not mention your friend's name to anyone.
Please also note that I had qualified the statement consistently in all my postings:
1. "Legally, it shouldn't be possible."
2. "There is no way you can legally extract a customer's personal information from DIGI without the sanctioning of the authorities."
Forgive me if I am wrong, but I believe I have never made a blanket statement that it's not possible.

This post has been edited by Playbook: Jul 15 2008, 06:03 AM