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It all started when she accepted a friend request on Facebook.
But it eventually made her $1.2 million poorer after she became a victim of a love scam.
Mary, an administrator in her 50s, lost all of her savings and ended up in debt. All names have been changed to protect the victim's identity.
In Mary's case, the scammer, Tom, claimed he was an American engineer and investor.
He approached Mary after adding her on Facebook in January this year.
Dazzled by promises of visits to Singapore, the mother of four developed a romantic relationship with him.
Mary said: "Even after many years of married life, I craved the companionship of a man because my husband was always working and hardly at home."
Her children are all grown-up and working.
About a month into the relationship, Tom told Mary he was coming here to live with her and he asked her to help link him up with local banks and hunt for apartments.
He then told Mary about an intermediary, a Nigerian called John, who would help him bring US$5 million (S$6.77 million) in cash to Singapore.
When Tom suggested Mary meet John to collect the money, John told her that he was unable to enter Singapore due to documentation issues.
John told Mary to go to Malaysia, where he claimed he was based.
"Because I felt like I was in a genuine relationship, I trusted anyone he trusted," Mary said.
John first asked Mary to transfer $6,000 into a Singapore bank account to get some documents processed, and she did.
He then told her that he was stuck at the airport and asked her to meet him in Malaysia to hand him $50,000.
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It was to vouch that the purported US$5 million he was carrying in cash was "clean money".
Mary said she agreed because she was convinced the relationship she had with Tom was genuine.
She said she was even willing to leave her husband for him.
She added that Tom also told her the lock combination for the bags, which he claimed contained the money that John would show to her.
The same day, Mary met John in a hotel room in Malaysia, where he showed her a few bags.
"When I opened the bags, there were a lot of US dollars in it," she said.
"It was also the correct combination that (Tom) had given me, so I did not suspect anything and I handed over the $50,000 in cash."
It marked the start of John's continual requests for money and Mary would remit it each time.
After using up her savings, Mary resorted to taking out unsecured loans from banks, and her insurance.
Her family members found out about the bank loans and confronted Mary. She realised she had been a victim of an elaborate Internet love scam.
Her family members told her to make a police report. But she had already transferred a total of $1.2 million by then.
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发表于 11-6-2016 11:09 PM
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这一切开始时，她接受了Facebook上的好友请求。
但最终让她$ 1.2万较差后，她成为了爱情骗局的受害者。
玛丽，在她50多岁的管理员，失去了所有的积蓄，并负债累累结束了。所有名称已被更改，以保护受害者的身份。
在玛丽的情况下，骗子，汤姆，声称他是一个美国工程师和投资者。
他在今年一月加入她在Facebook上接触后，玛丽。
通过参观新加坡的承诺冲昏了头脑，四个孩子的母亲研制与他恋爱关系。
玛丽说：“即使经过多年的婚姻生活，我渴望一个男人的陪伴，因为我的丈夫总是在工作，几乎没有在家里。”
她的孩子们都长大了，工作。
大约一个月进的关系，汤姆告诉玛丽，他来这里和她一起住，他请她帮忙联系他与当地银行和追捕的公寓。
然后，他告诉玛丽，一个中介，尼日利亚叫约翰，谁也帮他给我们带来的5万元现金$（S $ 6.77亿美元）到新加坡。
当汤姆建议玛丽见面约翰收钱，约翰告诉她，他无法进入新加坡，由于文档问题。
约翰告诉玛丽去马来西亚，在那里，他声称他为主。
“因为我觉得我是一个真正的关系，我相信任何人，他相信，”玛丽说。
约翰首先向玛丽$ 6000名转移到新加坡的银行账户来获得处理一些文件，并且她。
然后，他告诉她，他被卡在机场，问她，以满足他在马来西亚交出他$ 50,000。
担保
这是担保的本意是500万$，他在携带现金是“干净钱”。
玛丽说，她答应了，因为她确信她与汤姆的关系是真实的。
她说，她甚至愿意离开自己的丈夫给他。
她补充说，汤姆还告诉她锁组合袋，他声称载有约翰会展示给她的钱。
同一天，玛丽在马来西亚，在那里他显示了她几包宾馆房间遇见约翰。
“当我打开袋子，有很多在它亿美元，”她说。
“这也是正确的组合（汤姆）给了我，所以我也没怀疑什么，我上交的现金$ 50,000。”
这标志着约翰的金钱和玛丽连续请求，每次将其汇出的开始。
用她的积蓄后，玛丽使出来自银行，保险她采取了无抵押贷款。
她的家人发现了关于银行贷款和面临玛丽。她意识到她是一个精心制作的互联网骗局的爱情的牺牲品。
她的家人告诉她，使警方报告。但她已经被当时一共$ 1.2万转。 |
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报纸/新闻/网上媒体都一直报导类似案件,为何还是那么容易被骗 ,想不通== |
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发表于 12-6-2016 09:48 AM
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 活到这把年纪了还相信有人会爱她吗，太天真了 |
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发表于 12-6-2016 01:09 PM
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因为被骗的。。。都是别人
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所以。。。以为是真爱
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Tom, claimed he was an American engineer and investor.
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发表于 12-6-2016 01:49 PM
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其实。。。是大支点
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明明写的很清楚是麻木， 你硬要说那是盲目。。。。别差太多SARAWAK Gambir 在你的眼呀！
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连人都没碰过，就可以送出坡币120万；如果碰过了，那不是更不得了？！ |
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找100个鸭炒饭到死都不用那么多钱.gif) |
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波小很多印度/孟加拉劳工，还不用给钱
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