Victim: I bought chairs, but got face masks instead

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Victim: I bought chairs, but got face masks instead
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SEOUL: Thirty-one thousand, three hundred and sixty-six. That is the number of traffic accidents South Korea's most widely used navigation app, Tmap, claims it has helped prevent between 2018 and 2020.

PETALING JAYA: He made an online purchase of an outdoor barbecue grill but received a set of kitchen knives that was not worth even one-tenth of what he paid for the stove.

“I had reserved a space in my living room to accommodate the bulky chairs. I eagerly waited for them. I expected a lorry to arrive but instead, a deliveryman showed up on a motorcycle and passed me a large envelope,” he said.“Then I noticed the airway bill number on the envelope was the same as my order of the chairs. I opened the envelope and out came three surgical face masks,” he recalled.

Scammers would pose as traders on e-commerce platforms and take payment for orders made by unsuspecting buyers.

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