I met this man through Match.com and we have been chatting for 2 months and recently, he said he had sent a package full of gifts for me through this courier service. I looked up the courier service company and the alarm went off in my head instantly. I have attached here the email I received as follows:
Your parcel arrived Malaysia early Sunday but due to clearance/tax
that is needed to be paid by you, the Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia custom did not allow the package to commence it final journey to your location.we could not contact you immediately because offices have already closed.The
Malaysian custom insist that payment must be made for some clearance and tax fee due to the type of Quality of golds, white golds, electronics and other valuebles etc that was detected in the package.Therefore, you are requested to pay seven thousand ringgit(RM7000) to enable us clear the package today and send your package to you.when this money is paid, we can then send your package to you immediately.you are requested to pay to
our accountant general Dr Wong Sheau fen.
ACCOUNT NAME :Wong Sheau fen
ACCOUNT NUMBER;1251-0077125-52-8
NAME OF BANK ;CIMB Bank.
Please note that when you pay this money, you have to send us the
scanned payment slip to enable us clear your parcel fast and send it to you.
BE NOTIFIED THAT WE DO NOT ACCEPT CREDIT CARD NOW FOR SECURITY REASONS.
THE ASIAN HEAD OFFICE MANAGER
Dr(Phd) Hassan.A.Hassan
I don't know who this chick is and which syndicate it is. I tracked the email of the man I was dating online in question who said he was from UK but had a very strong American accent and his emaili IP was near Sg. Selangor, Malaysia itself.
To those reading this, if you feel you have fallen for the same scam, I would like to speak with you if you can get in touch with me at adoreasia at gmail. I am curious to know if this is the same man. I have a few photos of him and he goes by the name Andy Stubbs aka [email protected]
Nevertheless, I am glad not to have fallen at any cause to this man, his woman Ms Wong and this syndicate in Malaysia.
Next, I called the Royal Malaysia Customs Dept and their officer assured me it was a definate scam. I have forwarded this email to them respectively to go on record.