Nigerian Scam

I'm sure many of you have received an email from a member of a rich Nigerian family by now. It is a desperate cry for help in getting a very large sum of money out of the country. A common variation is a woman in Africa who claimed that her husband had died, and that she wanted to leave millions of dollars of his estate to a good church.

In every variation, the scammer is promising obscenely large payments for small unskilled tasks. This scam, like most scams, is too good to be true. Yet people still fall for this money transfer con game.

They will use your emotions and willingness to help against you. They will promise you a large cut of their business or family fortune. All you are asked to do is cover the endless “legal” and other “fees” that must be paid to the people that can release the scammer’s money.

The more you are willing to pay, the more they will try to suck out of your wallet. You will never see any of the promised money, because there isn’t any. And the worst thing is, this scam is not even new; its variant dates back to 1920s when it was known as 'The Spanish Prisoner' con.

Lately many other versions have sprung up, usually a so-call lawyer will send you the email. Someone with your "surname ' has died & has left with no beneficiary. And this lawyer has found you! ya right....lol.....

Radio Prank Gone Wrong

 In the radio biz, if the buzz is good, the listeners will come. But now a suicide that followed an Australian radio prank is forcing radio broadcasters to look in the mirror. The blame is widespread, Most of the industry people  are saying it's not the DJs' fault. But it does make radio as a whole look bad!!!!!

Nurse Jacintha Saldanha's apparent suicide after Australian DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian fooled her into thinking they were Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles has triggered American station owners to take a new look at their policies concerning pranks and stunts, industry insiders say

Ok to be fair, there is no way they could have anticipated this.  Now station owners are reviewing policy and reminding their talent to toe the line when it comes to stunts and pranks. Some insiders said "The DJs should not blame themselves, as No one commits suicide over a prank." But seriously........ without their prank, she would probably be alive now. DJs cannot go claiming total innocence as long as there is a clear sequence of suicide and the prank call

What's the payoff for radio pranks? In a word, buzz. Pressure from programmers often forces talent to go to extremes to "make noise" in the market-  Get listeners talking. What about ratings? Are pranks a direct result of trying to win a ratings war? Probably..... But I guess DJs would devise pranks regardless- it's just fun to them!!!!

But like every medium these days, radio is changing. Will the Aussie DJ's scandal leave a permanent mark? Will your favorite morning DJs change their tune in the aftermath of the tragedy? Well I don't think radio pranks will ever go away as long as there are 'funny' morning shows. The Australian prank was a fluke ... though the hosts and their employers will probably think twice" in the future "and that's probably a good thing."

If radio ends up becoming more predictable as a result of the controversy, it will disappoint many broadcasters as well as listeners. It's radio's unpredictability, they say, that makes it great.

Money mules- dont be one!!!

How to protect yourself?

1. Don't be so naive & befriend all kinds of ang moh online!!!!!

2.Don't give your particulars & account no:. to people online!

3. If you found large sums of money suddenly appearing in your account, don't go celebrate ...  alert the bank immediately

4. If someone ask you to be a mule, say no & make a police report !

5. And lastly... anyone who does not report suspicious financial activities or assist fraudsters may be investigated & prosecuted!!!

Money Mules

Heard of money mules???

Well these are people who help syndicates move money- money laundering!!!! it's happening in Spore. In fact it seems these are mostly men who get to know the fraudsters online, & eventually ended up allowing them to move money using their accounts in Spore.

Don't be a Mule !!!

It usually happen like this; funds are first moved from foreign bank accounts from Switzerland, Dubai & states. The fraudsters are usually ang moh who started befriending people on social network sites. After a while they lied that they have plans to set up their family in spore, since they have lived or worked here or have plans to visit. Then they ask for help, as they need to send money to a country where they do not have a bank account.

After money have been transfer into their account, these mules are then told to transfer the money into another account overseas. Sometimes they are told to withdraw & pass it to someone else in spore- usually another mule. Some mules are innocent all the while thinking they are just helping. Others know what they are doing & they get a cut of the money.

Money Laundering is a very serious offense in spore, be careful of these online scams!!!!

Enron Capitalism

Feudalism: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk. 

Fascism: You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them

and sells you the milk.

Communism: You have two cows. You must take care of them, but the government takes all the milk.

Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.

Enron Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt-equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred through an intermediary to a Cayman Island company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The Enron annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.

Luxury spending exposed???

A Fujian official tried to suppress a report detailing his tastes in luxury accessories: namely a $9800-watch , & a Hermes belt! This lead to an outrage erupted through the social media websites. Netizens claimed that thousands of copies of a daily newspaper that was carrying that report were destroyed.

Strange isn't it? No wonder they are coming to spore, it's safer here! We wont even blink an eye if someone from china buys the Sentosa cove. In fact we are expecting that. I was at a seafood restaurant the other day, most of the other guests were people from china, can tell from their accents. They sure are contributing to our local F&B as well as our real estate!

Online Love Scams

I bought my usual "Her World" - love the magazine & it's articles & this month I found this extremely disturbing piece of story! Go get a copy & read it for yourself! It makes my heart boils !

A young lady innocently befriended a stupid ang mo online through Facebook. He turned out to be a scam artist. He took advantage of her feelings for him & tricked her into posing nude online  (for his eyes only) while he secretly recorded it & later used it to blackmail her.

She was so traumatised & at one point considered suicide. Lucky she's smart & reported the whole incident to the police. It's still under investiagtion but the damage has been done. I cant imagine what she has gone through..... feel very sorry for her. Very brave of her to let Her World interview & print her story. Hopefully this can prevent more victims.  I wish her all the best & hope she can get over this someday.
Go get this month's issue of Her World to read the story in depth, it's good!

The whitening jab will make you glow!

No time so all I could manage is to sneak to do one whitening jab in between..... & I brought my sis-in-law along & pay for her package as my wedding present for the couple as I promised. Me sweet right????

As it turns out.... it really does wonders for her skin.
Because of the wedding stress, her normal perfect skin breaks out a bit.
 After her 2nd  jab, everything sort of calms down a little , she's so please.

She's fair and the jab makes her glows. My idiot brother kept insisting that nothing has changed & she looks the same. Are all guys like that, or only him???? !!!!!!!

Even though he's my brother, I feel like smacking him on his face! I'll do that...one day maybe...lol...

I went for Singapore's popular Vit C injection with Dr Keith Ong

I'm too lazy to start a new blog ( I really should ...lol...) ..... I'll just review it here!

I've gone through half the package already- that's 3 Vit C, whitening jabs within 15 days. Rose in her blog raves about this, I can see why....... I  see small interesting changes..

My future sister-in-law wanted to do it as well as the weddiing is coming. My brother is blaming me for introducng her to exotic treatments like this!...lol.... Goodness what is he thinking about???

This VitC  jab has been around for ages. People does it for health in the past. These days people realise as health improves so does the skin. Maybe people  just don't talk about it as they don't want their friends to look as good as them... I think.....lol....  Anyway the secret is OUT!

Dogs fur in my kitchen!!!!

I came home & saw that my kitchen is full of dog's fur/hair!!!! GROSS!!!!
My neighbour upstairs has a dog , & I'm sure that's it's hair- goodness do you call it hair or fur anyway?
OK I'll go with fur!
It's all over, @ the Kitchen counter-top, Dish dryer, kitchen floor ,on top of my microwave!!!!!

I cant believe it, why would someone cut their own pet's fur & worst throw it out of the window???? And there must be some kind of wind to have to blow at that particular time to sent these gross fur into my apt!

My bf went up to confront them, they are not in, or maybe pretend to be out.
I got a feeling it's the house keeper, maybe got fed-up with the boss so take it out on the dog! Anyway went down to complain to management!
Terrible!!!! still cant believe it!

Would you still do good if no one's looking?

That's the dinner topic me & freinds had a while ago.
All of them said YES!!!
They'll pick up their dogs poo, throw filthy tissue into the bin & not on the floor, if the public  toilet flush is faulty, they'll work it until it flushes & not just leave it since no one's looking!!!!
Oh ya right....lol.......... find it hard to believe them!!!!hahha.... but they swear!

OKOK... I do have faith in a great number of people.
My friends are generally nice....lol.....