Need advice on what to do if got scammed online please !
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Hi guys, recently i bought a handbag online from a seller residing in Singapore. She claimed that the handbag is 100% authentic but when i received it, i realized that it is a knockoff. When i questioned her about the aunthenticity, she keeps denying that its fake .So i brought it to the store in Malaysia to get it verified and indeed it was not authentic ! I told her i did not want the bag anymore and just wanted a refund. Thats when she stopped replying to my emails and even blocked me on Facebook but lucky i managed to save all her pictures and information before she private her profile. I've already made a police report in Malaysia but the useless police here cannot do anything, called up the bank and they also cannot do anything. Im so lost now i dont know what else i can do , i cannot make a police report through the SPF website cus i dont have singpass. If anyone has any advice for me please share thank you very much
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Moral of the story.
Do i even need to say it?
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then come to singapore to make police report loh
while u are here, u can visit our singapore flyer, gardens by the bay, and halloween horror night at USS
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Dear poorboi:
If she passed off counterfeit goods as the real thing, she has committed a criminal offence (meaning an arrestable offense).
Source (penal code of Singapore)
Cheating415. Whoever, by deceiving any person, whether or not such deception was the sole or main inducement, fraudulently or dishonestly induces the person so deceived to deliver any property to any person, or to consent that any person shall retain any property, or intentionally induces the person so deceived to do or omit to do anything which he would not do or omit to do if he were not so deceived, and which act or omission causes or is likely to cause damage or harm to any person in body, mind, reputation or property, is said to “cheat”.[51/2007]Explanation 1.—A dishonest concealment of facts is a deception within the meaning of this section.Explanation 2.—Mere breach of contract is not of itself proof of an original fraudulent intent.Explanation 3.—Whoever makes a representation through any agent is to be treated as having made the representation himself.[51/2007]Illustrations(a)A, by falsely pretending to be in the Government service, intentionally deceives Z, and thus dishonestly induces Z to let him have on credit goods for which he does not mean to pay. A cheats.(b)A, by putting a counterfeit mark on an article, intentionally deceivesZ into a belief that this article was made by a certain celebrated manufacturer, and thus dishonestly induces Z to buy and pay for the article.A cheats.(c)A, by exhibiting to Z a false sample of an article, intentionally deceives Z into believing that the article corresponds with the sample, and thereby dishonestly induces Z to buy and pay for the article. A cheats.(d)A, by tendering in payment for an article a bill on a house with which A keeps no money, and by which A expects that the bill will be dishonoured, intentionally deceives Z, and thereby dishonestly induces Z to deliver the article, intending not to pay for it. A cheats.(e)A, by pledging as diamonds articles which he knows are not diamonds, intentionally deceives Z, and thereby dishonestly induces Z to lend money. A cheats.(f)A intentionally deceives Z into a belief that A means to repay any money that Z may lend to him, and thereby dishonestly induces Z to lend him money, A not intending to repay it. A cheats.(g)A intentionally deceives Z into a belief that A means to deliver to Z a certain quantity of pepper which he does not intend to deliver, and thereby dishonestly induces Z to advance money upon the faith of such delivery. Acheats; but if A, at the time of obtaining the money, intends to deliver the pepper, and afterwards breaks his contract and does not deliver it, he does not cheat, but is liable only to a civil action for breach of contract.(h)A intentionally deceives Z into a belief that A has performed A’s part of a contract made with Z, which he has not performed, and thereby dishonestly induces Z to pay money. A cheats.(i)A sells and conveys an estate to B. A, knowing that in consequence of such sale he has no right to the property, sells or mortgages the same to Zwithout disclosing the fact of the previous sale and conveyance to B, and receives the purchase or mortgage money from Z. A cheats.(j)A, playing with false dice, or marked cards, wins money from B. Acheats. -
Pls see illustrations c and d
However, there could be cases of ppl intentionally buying goods that may be fake, with the intention of charging the seller commiting criminal cheating or claiming damages in a civil code by suing the seller.
The police would investigate your statements made in the police report, and that is all they go by- (report would be handed to the investigating officer) so you have to be sure to provide the honest and correct perspective of what exactly happened. Therefore make sure a third party would be able to clearly understand your case as typed in the police report as whether the investigation officer will take action as a criminal or civil (not handed by police) hinge on the wording of the police report made.
If you have any other assistance you may ask here or seek advice from a pro bono lawyer (legal aid at maxwell or community justice centre @ Singapore state's court's)
Greetings,
Lord Denning
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I think hor ... Can go to this govt department called CASE . If they cannot help u .... Then think no hope Liao .
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always be careful man, online not safe haven
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Who are you?
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If the bag somehow looks authentic , tell your heart it is and continue to use it like it is real stuff.. No choice
