A rider’s dream of starting his own business using the money he got from selling his iPhone was dashed after he was given a handful of fake RM100 notes.
Given 17 fake RM100 notes
In a Facebook post by Asyraff Akra dated Sept 20, he wrote of how he was tricked by a female buyer who had bought an iPhone from him.
He also posted a photo of him holding a wad of cash, where the RM100 notes were fake while the RM50 notes were real.
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“I got tested by God…sold my mobile phone to get some money to start a business but got cheated. Can’t believe they would want to cheat their own kind too,” he wrote with disappointment.
He also said that he did not take a photo of the buyer as he had never encountered something like this before.
“My wife and I still remain positive (about the incident). There will be other forms of income coming soon, InshaAllah,” he wrote, along with the alleged scammer’s mobile number as a warning to others.
Asyraff also told WeirdKaya that he was given 17 RM100 notes near Bandar Teknologi Kajang and didn’t realise it was fake until he tried depositing them at a cash deposit machine.
Read his post here:
Made a police report
Many netizens have since expressed sympathy over Asyraff’s unfortunate experience and said that even they themselves couldn’t tell that the notes were fake.
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Some encouraged him to contact the buyer again, but he was blocked within 30 minutes after making the deal.
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Others even tried messaging the scammer via WhatsApp asking her to return the money but it was found to have disappeared altogether from the platform.
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In the comment section, Ashraf said he had already lodged a police report over the matter as many netizens were advising him to do so.
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**Special thanks to Asyraff Akra for sharing his story with us.
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