I noticed internet love scams in Singapore has been increasing in the recent years but what is surprising to me is the age of the women who got scammed are mostly middle-aged women, not young girls. Refer to some of these articles:-
www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/online-romance-scam-woman-loses-80000-manipulated-into-becoming-money-mule
sg.news.yahoo.com/woman-who-fell-prey-to-2-love-scams-jailed-for-helping-scammers-launder-proceeds-051308767.html
www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/6-years-jail-for-woman-who-misappropriated-more-than-13m-from-employers
I only linked a few articles but i'm pretty sure i have read more.
Anyway, what spurs me to write this is that i actually came across several suspicious online profiles of men on Facebook and Instagram trying to message me all the time, that could be potential love scams and they have such similar traits that are so easy to identify and suss out, it just appalled me why some women couldn't see through it.
I'm going to share some screenshots of the suspicious profiles i chanced upon and tell you why i find them very dubious.
Some suspicious traits that i noticed in these profiles are:-
1. They have little to no friends/family on their social media accounts.
2. They always post attractive photos of themselves. (Tall, hunky and muscular)
3. Their relationship status is 'Single'. (I know this sounds pretty normal, but i find it unconvincing when they look like models or celebrity! Do you think they need to randomly chat girls up on IG or FB if they really look like that?)
4. Their profile always state they are staying in some 'Ang moh' country but they are actually from another country or even Singapore (and some don't even look local!) And they usually have no other information of themselves except their relationship status and their 'ATAS' location.
5. Their feed is filled with photos of food, photos of other countries (mostly ang moh), or their own selfies. But you will never find any photos of them with friends or family.
A closer look into their Instagram feed..... I used emoji to cover their faces because i don't want to explicitly expose anybody even though i'm pretty sure they are fake and the person behind these accounts dont even look anything like that irl. So as mentioned in my first passage, you can find that these accounts have consistent traits... single attractive males, always alone, enjoying life and sometimes you may even find a couple of luxury items post in their account just to portray themselves to be pretty well-off, to attract females i guess.
His profile has nothing to show except alot of handsome selfies and what is more dubious is look at how he states that he is living in the UK but he is from Singapore. Does he even look like Singaporean to you? Seriously, he looks Korean to me.
And if these men really look so attractive like their profile pictures, im pretty sure they dont have to resort to chatting girls up on facebook or instagram because girls would be throwing themselves to them in real life.
I actually responded to one of them and try to 'expose' them
So out of extreme boredom i decided to respond to one of many such messages one day, and i mentioned how there's alot of internet love scams going on in Singapore and im very careful. The guy only managed to carry on the convo for awhile and stopped messaging because i think he knows 我不好骗.
So by now you would have noticed from all the screenshots i posted, these males looks pretty attractive in photos, are there really so many single and attractive men out there (i hardly see such men on the streets btw) who are looking for girlfriends online? If all these aren't suspicious enough for you or anyone to be cautious, then i really don't know what will. But just be more careful or you can watch the TVB Drama i recommended below.
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