Anyone of you ever receive a phone call telling you that you’ve won a prize? Someone I know did but I have to keep the identity. It will be embarrassing to let people know that you’ve got cheated, right? People would say, stupid fool!. OK. Let’s call this person James.

Hmm.. couple of months back… James received a phone call from a Chinese lady, talking in China accent. She said that they were doing a lucky draw competition and ask his IC number. He was suspicious at first and asked how she got his phone number. She said she got it randomly. Finally he gave his IC number, thinking that it wouldn’t do any harm. In return, she gave him a lucky number that will be use for the lucky draw.
2 months later, the same lady called again and she told him, he won a prize, 3rd place. And the prize is $50000. Of course, he wouldn’t believe. And he said, this must be a fraud. Then the lady convince him by repeating his lucky number and his IC number.

He still doesn’t believe it.

Next, she said, “Why you don’t want your prize?” It’s true. This is not a fraud. You can check our website. Your lucky number is there. You got to be fast. “ She gave a website but now it is already not found in the internet. The website was done professionally with hotel promotions and spa services. And a result of the lucky draw. Indeed!! The number was there. But then the IC and name of the winner wasn’t there.

If you were him? What would you do? Take your chance or just leave it? Well, James wasn’t convince enough. The lady call again, and gave him the hongkong bank phone number . She gave him a password and an account number, which allows him to check the money existed in the account… just waiting for him to collect. He called. And true enough, the money was there.
Finally he took the chance, and ask the procedure of receiving his prize. That’s is where all the money cheating started. She said he have to bank in $4k for deposit to a particular person and the money will be transfer direct to him the next day. He did whatever she told and waited patiently till the next day. Unfortunately, the lady call again and said she couldn’t bank in the money coz James wasn’t a member of the hotel. He had to pay $7k to be a member.
Then James had a long argument with the lady and finally he knew he got cheated. China lady.. DAMN!What’s happening to the china people. Always take advantage of people. Is it in their blood?

So next time, don’t trust anyone that says you win a prize and demand you to pay cash or deposits. And never bank in your money in any individual bank accounts.
There’s no free lunch in this world.