A resourceful user on X (formerly Twitter) devised a clever tactic to outsmart an online scammer. By repeatedly sending one sen to the scammer's account via Hong Leong bank and labeling the payment as 'scammer,' she triggered a response from the scammer and eventually received her refund. The theory behind this method is that the frequent, small transactions would attract the attention of banks and authorities, leading to an investigation.
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To get her money back, she kept sending one sen to the scammer’s account through her Hong Leong bank account and wrote ‘scammer’ in the payment details. Why did this method work? The theory is that the bank and police would track suspicious, high-volume transactions and what the victim did was, in a way, to bring the scammer’s account to their attention.
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