In today’s world, scams can happen in the most unexpected places — even during a routine trip to the supermarket.
A brief encounter turned into a nightmare when a woman claimed she was scammed out of RM1,500 after a strange and unsettling experience with a man.
According to a report by Sin Chew Daily, the woman revealed that the incident began innocently enough.
While she was shopping, she was allegedly approached by a Chinese national who asked, “Do you speak Chinese?”
She nodded, not knowing that this small exchange would spiral into a shocking scam.
The man claimed he had lost his briefcase on the plane and was now unable to pay the deposit for a hotel stay.
He then phoned his so-called “assistant” and proposed that money could be transferred into the woman’s bank account, which she could then help withdraw and hand over to him.
He even showed her what appeared to be a legitimate transaction receipt. Convinced, she agreed to help.
“He begged me to lend him RM1,500”
When the money failed to appear in her account, the man explained that international transfers take 24 hours and begged her to lend him RM1,500 as an emergency measure.
Moved by his desperation, she agreed to help – a decision she would soon regret.
Attempts to contact him after the exchange proved futile, as her messages on WhatsApp were read but never replied to.
“I wonder if I was hypnotised”
What puzzled her most was her own behaviour. She admitted that she usually wouldn’t lend money so easily – not even to close friends or relatives without much thought.
Yet in this case, she did it without hesitation.
This time I lent money to a complete stranger so easily. I seriously wonder if I was hypnotised or something,” she shared.
She also revealed that the man had lightly patted her on the shoulder during their interaction, which made her feel even more suspicious that she may have been under some kind of influence.
She said it felt as though she had lost all sense of judgement.
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