This is the first known case of someone impersonating a S'pore Premier League footballer.
When contacted, a spokesman for the Lion City Sailors said they are aware of the matter and confirmed that the individual is not an employee of the club.
The man, who said he was Portuguese but has since obtained Malaysian citizenship, allegedly introduced himself as a Lion City Sailors footballer based in Singapore. The privatised club, who are owned by local billionaire Forest Li, are part of the nine-team Singapore Premier League . “When I added him on Instagram, his account was at the time verified with a blue tick and all his pictures were of him playing football. He even uploaded a picture of the Sailrs badge on his Instagram stories.”
While Jon had declined the man’s first request for a money loan on April 26, he eventually succumbed a day later. “I figured then that he was lying. My friends did a background check as well and I found out that he was never a professional footballer and that he is based in Selangor. I was also told that he had played the same trick on other people. When I called him out for it, he repeated that he was under contract with but had since started training with Selangor .”
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