Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Fraud Case Alert!

Completed my Gongbi painting, left with 3d designs template and BAH, I'm two steps nearer to my bolster and blanket and huggies!



But before I say goodnight, PLEASE PERUSE the lines below carefully. Originally written by Ruth Chua from http://lylarose.livejournal.com/, one of my favourite LJ store. You'll know that there's actually such fanatical people living in the island.



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( By Ruth from Lyla Rose)

Following TE's fraud case, we have a story of our own. Happened about 3 days ago after I launched the most recent 3rd October entry.
She used the email of altlove@live.com . But we also found out later she has been switching emails and using different emails altogether for past transactions.

Sounds Interesting? Read On.

These are the 3 receipts she has used and doctored in hope that I will be a fool and take in her orders. Guess she was too greedy this time. Geez.









I have always found it fishy for buyers to insist on making several transactions for 1 post . From now on, combine all your items into 1 receipt. I will NOT ALLOW SEVERAL TRANSACTIONS UNLESS YOU ARE AN IB USER.

As you can tell, the receipts look real and unaltered. But I wasn't a fool to going to beleve that these transactions are real. It is true that are are transactions of that amount when i called the bank up. But the transactions belong to SOME OTHER HONEsT BUYER. Not this girl.

AND EVEN AFTER I ASKED HER IF THESE RECEIPTS ARE FAKE,SHE PROCEEDED to "MAKE" ANOTHER TRANSACTION FOR MY PRADA INSPIRED FRINGE BAGS"





OH WOW LOOK! THE TRANSACTION REF NUMBER SUDDENLY CHANGED FROM 5000+ TO 9000+It is also true that there was a transaction of 45 bucks at 11 o clock. But that transaction belonged to MY FRIEND.

Thus, confirmed my suspicion that these are fake and doctored receipts. At this point, I began to check through ALL her previous transactions and found out that she has been doctoring 3 other receipts.


Luckily, those are backorder items that I have NOT sent out because stocks are NOT HERE YET.I found out her BASE RECEIPT. AND luckily for me, That was the only item from THIS EMAIL ACCOUNT that I sent out. As the other 3 receipts that she has doctored are backorder items.





The above receipt is also doctored by her.This time, she insisted on having made a transaction when the ITEM WAS STATED SOLD OUT 5 HOURS AGO BEFORE SHE MADE THIS TRANSACTION.


She insisted on a refund as item is sold out and claimed that she is new to online shopping. I GAVE HER A REFUND EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS A DOCTORED RECEIPT AS I DIDN'T FIND OUT THEN.


I later found out that she owed her friend money and made use of my kindness to her own advantage. Very well. I cannot stand being taken advantage of and being the resident evil bitch that I am, I decided to create hell for these fraud users.


IF YOU ARE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WHO HAS BEEN DOCTORiNG AND PHOTOSHOPPING YOUR RECEIPTS THINKING THAT I HAVE TOO MANY TRANSACTIONS AND WILL NOT CHECK UR RECEIPT. YOU BETTER THINK AGAIN. BECAUSE I NOW KEEP AN EXCEL SHEET OF ALL ATM TRANSACTIONS. ONCE I FIND OUT IT IS DOCTORED, I WILL PLAY YOU AROUND AND THEN REPORT YOU TO THE POLICE. =)


ANYWAY, BACK TO THE STORY....

I immediately called the bank up and reported this case.



I also sent an email to this girl telling her I am going to report this matter to the authorities as XING/jay is in the police force and he'll help me through all the procedures.



yvette here! to me show details Oct 3 (3 days ago) Reply
hey sorry!am very sorry!i will stop this for sure!please dun report me! ):i will not do this anymore!PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!
I SWEAR I'LL NEVER EVER DO IT ANYMORE!AND PLEASE DUN REPORT THIS TO POLICE!I CAN SWEAR FOR MY LIFE I WUN DO IT ANYMORE!PLEASE FORGIVE! I ONLY DID THIS RECENTLY. ):
I REALLY DIDNT KNOW IT WILL BE SO SERIOUS!PLEASE DUN REPORT ME!I WILL NEVER EVER DARE TO DO IT AGAIN.
I HAVE TAKEN YOUR WARNING!PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FORGIVE ME, I SWEAR I'LL NEVER DO THIS KIND OF THING ANYMORE!

AT THIS POINT, I WAS IRRITATED. I TOLD HER OFF IN A VERY NOT-SO-POLITE WAY AND TOLD HER SINCE I HAVE SENT OUT HER ITEM ONCE, I STILL RECORDS OF THE MILING ADDRESS.AND THIS WAS HER REPLY.



yvette here! to me show details Oct 3 (3 days ago) Reply
please ruth, please forgive me!even that address i've given is my friend's actually, please dun find them.i know wad i did is wrong alr, please really forgive me, i will never ever do this anymore.
im really sorry!please dun report police PLEASEEEEEE!i haven cheated from you much, please cancel all my orders.i pleadddd for your forgiveness, please dun report police please. ):you can warn other sellers about me, as i will not do it anymore, dun worry!i did it for a sudden greediness, i know it was wrong now, you've alr warned me how scary it is.
I SWEAR I WUN DO IT ANYMORE REALLY!PLEASEEEE! PLEASE FORGIVE!i will never ever, please give me a chance! ):
pleaseeeeeeeee, please reply when you've seen this!and also, ):please be careful of other buyers as well, cos not only scanned receipts can be fake, snapshots can be fake as well. ):i hope you'll check all transactions super carefully by counting them one by one by the date next time.



No replies from me as I was handling other emails and checking through all payments



yvette here! to me show details Oct 3 (3 days ago) Replyplease forgive me, dun report me to police please!



So , she thinks by using her friend's address, I will not be able to catch her. She is damn wrong. Because then , i will report her friend as an accomplice. No mercy. I hate such friends. Trying to pull each other's ass down. I told her I did not wish to converse with her anymore and would be reporting this case for sure. directly to the police.



No replies from her.. but 2 days later..



LOCATION : MY HOUSE.
TIME : 11 PM. (READ, IT IS PM, NOT AM)
DOOR BELL RINGS: 2 LADIES STAND OUTSIDE MY DOOR AS I WENT TO ANSWER IT. WHO CAN IT BE AT THIS HOUR?
I FOUND OUT THAT IS IS HER MOTHER AND SOME FELLOW CHURCHMATE.
STARTED BEGGING ME TO LET GO OF THE MATTER STATING REASONS LIKE : YADA, SHE IS STILL YOUNG, YADA, HER BOYFRIEND WAS THE ONE THAT GAVE HER THE IDEA.. YADA. SHE REALISED HER MISTAKE. YADA, SHE LOST HER FATHER YADA...

YADA.YADA.SHE WANTS TO COMMIT SUICIDE*PLAYS SOME WEIRDO SOUND EFFECT FROM AUDIENCE THAT GOES SOMETHING LIKE "WAHHHH"*



AT THIS POINT. i WAS GETTING REALLY PISSED OFF.

Firstly, my first sentence to her is:" Do you know it is extremely rude for you to come up to my place. I did not invite you, nor gave you permission to come up to my place. furthermore, at this ungodly hour.I feel that you have intruded my privacy and will not hesitate to ask the guards to come up now."



and then..



she started crying and begging. Ok , i admit, I got a little soft hearted because here is her mother, trying her best to protect her kid. OK, so i told her, I have already reorted it to the bank and it is up to the to decide if they want to pursue the matter but from my side I would let her go. (but in my heart im like, no way im letting this go so easily pls get out of my sight)

and then.. she started preaching to me?!"thank you god i just got baptised today actually god will bless you yada yada yada. "



"My daughter wanted to commit suicide because of this, my heart very pain i cannot sleep i confide in god.. yada"



Now, I'm really sick of all the suicide threats and at this point, I simply told her politely to get lost and if her daughter really wants to commit suicide, that means her life is not even worth the 100 odd dollars that she has attempted to cheat.



I hope this case serves as a warning to all fellow atm users.I am still trying to figure out the perfect way for genuine buyers to verify their payment easily, do leave a comment if you have any suggestions. =)



For other sellers out there who has encountered the same email fraud, I will assist you fully in getting your refunds back if you need any help.



she goes by these other email accounts.



foolishjiayu@gmail.com (her boyfriend)
wenzhuang_1989@hotmail.com (her other account)
altlove@live.com (it's a random acc that she used)



I hope this will be the END of all fraud cases out there. The next time there is one, I will not even warn you, Im going straight to the police.It is truly sad that online shopping has to be resorted to fraud cases.

For now, we are still figuring out what is the best way to verify genuine atm transactions. do leave your suggestion behind.

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End of the story.

So... what say you?

For me, I met lots of extremely good customers, they even bought me gifts and sent me cards, which I don't really encourage. But I've met some ridiculous customers too. Doing business is all about the risk here and there. I'd faced delivery failures previously, but I chose to redo the shoes and cards or fully refunded back to the customers.

But for this kind of cases, it's RIDICULOUS. She's abusing the usage and 'service' of Photoshop editting.

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Sekian terima kasih dan selamat malam.