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Perhaps next to prostitution, conning as a profession could be regarded as the oldest trade around since day one unchallenged. Nothing beats the easy money reaped by the professionals, they encroach our daily affairs without single trace of audacity.

We were all being taken advantage by the Con man one way or another. Many of us just too ashamed and angry to warn and share with others especially risking being a laughing stock. Its everyday affairs, from paying too much by high pressure selling for products and services your didn’t actually need, not getting the 100% benefits claimed by the salesman, ripping of by the merchandisers on discounted items, shoddy overpriced tour packages where you charged to your credit cards.

I’m sure you can related to these stories or even had a story of your own to tell. Today, I would like to share with you the contemporary tricks used by the Chinese Con Man and how to avoid giving your money or valuable away for nothing in return. Either in your hometown or when you finally making your first maiden trip to the awaken dragon of the east: China. Scams related to Chinese Con Man are a thriving enterprise, lubricating the gigantic wheel of change in China.

1. ATM card cloning: An organized syndicated installed hidden video camera on the ATM enclosure to capture your pin or using adhesive to jam your ATM card for later retrieval

2. Lottery/Lucky Draw: Organized ways to build credentials with siphoned bio-data on a survey conducted earlier, the perpetrator surprise the victims as the lucky winner of a recent draw. They went all way to solidify their trustworthiness, sometimes to the extend of having a synchronized testimonial standing by to clear one doubts, some even had people to receive you in style should you choose to visit their establishment. They demanded deposit from you in a variety of excuses before one can claim the prize.

3. Legal affairs: Using pre-recorded phone messages mass broadcasting to common folks for violation with the local authority, victim who fall prey and chose to speak with the officer will be offered for out of court settlement. These operators were experienced and will threaten the victims with tone of urgency to coerce you to hand over the money through wire transfer. They kept occupying your phone line to prevent you from calling out to ask for advice and help. With conversion of probably 5 to 10%, it’s a lucrative business model. 100 calls, 10 responded, 5 ended up being scammed.

4. Begging: Handicapped individuals controlled by syndicates who operate with 10
to 15 professional beggars with profit sharing scheme. They were chauffeured and accommodated and apparently some had more saving in their bank account than you and me.

5 Scratch and win: Door to door salesman soliciting victims on a persuasive pretext of high value lucky draw opportunities who then coerce the lucky star with grand prices as bait in purchasing many explosive marked up useless products together with high pressure selling. The “lucky” one often ended up with tons of junks paid with premium prices.

6 Business Venture: Often proposing irresistible lucrative business deals where
buyers, sellers and middleman except yourself are all in the same gang. They befriended you and showed off their easy ways of ripping victims of as baits and suggested to count you in. At the beginning, exhortative profits were shared until one got hooked and decided to put in all he had.

7. Multilevel Marketing: No doubt there are genuine operators which distribute
genuine physical products. Many others relaying on member’s fees to sustain the hierarchy. With unbeatable profits guaranteed often in a range of 50 to 100% many fall prey into this scheme and never saw their money again.

8. Yes, last but not least, the sexual entrapments. This one is so effective, it seldom
fails to generate tons of money for the perpetrators. By seducing a married and well-of man to an affair and use this for extortion.

There are many more similar Chinese scams and the theme keep changing but one thing for sure if you wouldn’t want your money be exchanged hand against your will, remember this, if the deal is too good to be true, it probably is. Always listen to your hunch as you be surprise our first hunch is pretty accurate. The trick is avoid engagement in the first place, learn to detect the suspicious proposals and avoid it at all cost. If you do get into the first initiation stage, call your friends, relatives for help, the risk is too high if you handle this all by yourself.

Do not think for a moment to contempt the con man as they are professionals and had many resource and tactics to lure you to their many attractive baits. Anything that tackles your greed, sympathy and sexual desires are mostly scams. Many people actually knew but were too defiance and ended up paying the price and kept it to themselves instead of warning others, The con man knows our weakness and take full advantage of it laughing all the way to their banks.

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Following are some of the illustration for your references. (on the phone)

Him: Congratulation, Mr. Bosso, you just won our first price on our annual lucky draw!!!!!
You: Oh, great, where are you calling from? (Find out their background)

Him: We are from XXX corporation, we just completed our annual draw and you are our top price winner, a new Mazda 626.
You: Wow, thanks, oh. Hold on, I got another line. ( Keep the caller waiting for 2 mins, many will move on to another target and hang up)

Him: Mr. Bosso, we are so excited to present you the new car but to claim it we need you to deposit the duty fees right now otherwise your entitlement will be forfeited
You: Wow, oh no, my cell phone battery’s juice is running low, hello? Hello?
Hello? ( Pretend losing the other party and cut the line). Google the XXX corporation and call the mainline to enquire if there is such a lucky draw really took place.

By David Foo
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