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07-15-20 22:30 #15392
Posts: 239Red wine
What sort of wine? Red wine. Ha ha that's classic!! Yeah she was no wine merchant that's for sure.
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07-15-20 15:32 #15391
Posts: 331Originally Posted by BlueBus [View Original Post]
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07-15-20 12:14 #15390
Posts: 239Scams
Ha ha yes I had the wine merchant as well. It was a couple of months before the currency trader. Same sort of speil, same generic hotel photos. Same same but different!
Take care and stay safe. As they say nowdays.
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07-15-20 10:30 #15389
Posts: 331Originally Posted by BlueBus [View Original Post]
This one I am currently engaged with can actually chat about things, including movies and TV programs, but keeps bringing the topic around to money, investments and luxury items. She insists the hotel bathroom is actually her apartment in Repulse Bay. Yeah, when did you ever see a woman's bathroom that wasn't totally cluttered with tubes, brushes, jars, bottles, cotton wool and all the other crap they store in there? Not even a toothbrush to sully the pristine marble sink unit, while behind her is a crisply folded white towel and the aforementioned miniature shampoo bottles.
This doesn't even seem worthwile pursuing like the Nigerian scammers, sounds like it's all too long and boring.
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07-15-20 10:19 #15388
Posts: 46Originally Posted by TripleX [View Original Post]
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07-15-20 04:24 #15387
Posts: 239More scam
Yes this happened to me last year. Except in this case it was wechat, I'm in melbourne and the woman supposably in sydney. She said she was a currency trader and making huge money and would send photos of gucci handbags and other expensive high end stuff. This all went on for a number of months until one day she sent me a message asking if I would be interested in being partners in the currency trade with her. I replied, ha ha thanks but no thanks I'm quite happy with my currnt investments. Never heard from her again. So yeah eventualy they'll get around to the scam.
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07-15-20 03:31 #15386
Posts: 331Tinder scam
I have come across a type of Tinder contact who are obviously scam artists but as I have neither the patience nor the inclination to see it through I don't know what their angle is.
The first one claimed to be an Indonesian woman living in Hong Kong, and living the high life. Personal details were very sketchy but she would WA me pictures of her top-of-the-range Mercedes or the fine jewellery she was wearing that night. I wasn't particularly interested as I am more of a low (very low) hanging fruit kinda guy, pembantus and karaoke hostesses rather than society hostesses being my field of operations, I get the same result for one thousandth of the cost.
Anyway, every morning I would get a new picture of her high life, with a brief description of what she had done the previous day, but nothing in the way of normal human chit-chat. Then one day she sent me a picture of a beautifully set out and elaborate Chinese fish dish that her "maid had cooked her for lunch". Well her maid must be a five-star chef I thought, so I confirmed whether she was actually in a restaurant, no she assured me this was her dining room and her maid had brought her lunch. I then noticed something in the corner of the pic, "So why does your maid bring you a receipt along with your lunch? Conversation ended after that. No big deal, a pointless show-off trying to impress a stranger, I forgot about it.
Now I find myself in a conversation with another Indonesian woman, trapped by visa regulations in Hong Kong. And she obviously has a great career, she showed me a picture of the nice boat she was going out in a spin around the bay. I asked her, not with any great interest, how her trip was. She replied the next morning, apologising for being tired after her trip saying it was fun. The next morning she sends me pictures of two watches, one a Rolex, one an AP, which should she pick? Eenie-meenie I thought and picked one, "ooh" she replies (next morning) "that's the one I like too", and proceeded to ask me about my watch collection. Next morning a picture of her in her bathroom mirror at home, hmmmm, I have seen a few hotel bathrooms before and I know what they look like, besides the four miniature soap bottles in the shower are a bit of a give-away.
So what's the angle? They are pretending to be extremely wealthy independent women, living the high life. The scam is a bit poorly run depending as it does on photos culled from the internet and the messages are only sent in the morning. Like I say I haven't the inclination to follow it through but no doubt it involves bank account details and cash transfers but to be honest the speed at which they operate it could be months before the sting emerges. Anyone been here before? Is there a way I can have fun in return?
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07-14-20 06:57 #15385
Posts: 487Originally Posted by Turgid [View Original Post]
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07-14-20 06:12 #15384
Posts: 81Originally Posted by JKTbanger [View Original Post]
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07-13-20 00:07 #15383
Posts: 616Originally Posted by NattyBumpo [View Original Post]
Edit: I see the link isn't working at least from my computer. But if you cut and paste it into a browser it should work.
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07-12-20 09:00 #15382
Posts: 46Input from some locals please
Hey guys,
I relocated to Jakarta about a month ago (got in on a repatriation flight with a freshly processed KITAS). It seems like some things are starting to open up, wondering if anyone has any tips on where to get a short time after work in south Jakarta?
Any wisdom anyone can share?
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07-11-20 07:53 #15381
Posts: 309Tourist Visa
Originally Posted by Smoothy [View Original Post]
Just our of curiosity, how expats are managing visa run if they are not allowed back in on a tourist visa? I was talking to a Dutch friend, apparently there is some sort of Govt service in Jakarta where they are extending their Tourist Visa!
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07-08-20 13:59 #15380
Posts: 3040Originally Posted by Marky1 [View Original Post]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/herd-im...nk-11594076237
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07-07-20 15:13 #15379
Posts: 5636Originally Posted by IrishMongrel [View Original Post]
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07-07-20 11:56 #15378
Posts: 210Originally Posted by NattyBumpo [View Original Post]