A friend of mine kena con for abt 5k worth of money.. I was literally there .. at least for the 2nd where she lost 3k.. It unbelievable .. I can be me .. and it can be anybody.... SO let me share the story at least someone who read might tell their friend and their friend will tell others which might help other ppl as well..
It started when she saw ad pasal hse to rent on Friday. She went to see the house and it was perfectly good with fully furnished and so good. The rent is quite cheap - RM650. Actually there are a few people that interested to see the hse and schedule around the same time. But she come a bit early, so get to see the house first.. ( that what she thought)... She fall in love with it automatically. So she agreed and the owner which claimed to be from KL want the money immediately 3+ 1/2 month deposit & advance rent. He give her the hse key and copy of agreement for her to read. After getting the key, she went out and withdraw money to secure the deal. She passed the money to him ~ RM2000 and they even had a good time chatting. He did give her some advise on various of thing .. and even to ask her to be careful. He asked her to meet again the next day in the hse to check if all the stuff is OK and to sign the agreement. So the next day .. eager to show me the new hse, she asked me to come together.. We met with the guy. He seems to be a decent and nice guy. She give him balance of RM300 to him. While in the hse ... he want to borrow my friend's handphone as his handphone no battery to call his wife. He claimed that his wife doesn't really remember which unit and she the one yg bwk agreement tu.... So she let him use it.. As her password keep on pop-up, she tell him the password as well... While we checking the hse .. we noticed he is gone.. Initially we thought he went to get his wife kat bawah.. After a while and he doesn't show up .. thing get weird. Then we saw a log book that kind of tell the hse is actually a homestay with Malay name as the owner... I call my friend's phone and it has been switch off.. Call the number in the log book and confirm the hse is not his. He just rent it for a day. The real owner of the hse asked us to wait for him. While waiting .. ada sorang lagi budak datang .. and guess what .. he is the second victim.. or should I say the first as he paid to him first. Not sure how many people yg kena lagi.. So we do police report etc ... So end of story.. My friend's phone worth 2.8k and she just bought it for 2 wks.
I tried my best to think and see if anything that he do wrong that we can detect that he was lying and doing the conjob... He kind of smooth .. and I think .. i might fall into his con too.... Emmm the only thing that really wrong is the hse is too good to be truth with RM650 for a fully furnished hse... But again as he from KL.. we kind of give justification for it.
When I see the hse I pretty sure it was a homestay but instead of questioning that .. what i thought ...the business wasn't do well as the place a bit outskirt or he had a hard time maintaining it as his from KL. So he just want a quick and easy way and just rent it to people. Actually i want to question him though .. not because I'm suspicious but because I want to know if homestay really not making money that he want to rent it out instead... Actually there are a few facts that I know but somehow instead of question it .. i make justification and wonder. For example the rent is RM650. For almost the same size of hse, I have to pay bank Rm750.. With the renovation, it should be more. So I wonder how he can afford to give ppl the rent RM650.. But I thought he might buy cash that save him the hassle of bank interest.. and as I saw some flaws in the renovation, I tot he might do his own renovation which will save even further. Maybe that the reason he can rent it for RM650... Dushhhh .. next time I should use my brain better ... and asked question instead of try my hard to figure thing out and dont live in la-la land...
He really smooth in talking and using people weakness to do the conjob... He just make it little bit cheaper than market price and people lines up for it... He make its like the demand is high and make people want to seal the deal as soon as possible.
If you from penang and looking for hse to rent... Please be carefull. His name is steven but I dont think he use the same name again... Dont just being fooled with the good deal that you get. The rules of thumb .. there is no such thing as easy thing .. no rezeki terpijak concept etc.. There is always something hide beneath a good deal... Make sure we do all the precaution.. If thing is not meant for us, it will never be .. Don't rush on something... When we rush we tend to make lots of justification for it..